Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1309
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1309
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The monastery probably formed part of what—in an inscription of Mahinda IV. found at Vessagiri—is called the “Isuramenu-Bo-Upulvan-Kasubgiri-Vihāra.” It would appear that Kassapa I. founded a great monastic establishment out of the Vessagiri and Issarasamaṇa Vihāras and that this enlarged monastery was named after his two daughters Bodhī and Uppalavaṇṇā and also after Kassapa himself. This establishment was evidently referred to briefly as Kassapagiri.³