Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.262
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.262
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v1.c12.262
Kaṭakandhakāra.—A monastery or a village where lived the thera Phussadeva, mentioned in the scholiast to the Hatthipāla Jātaka¹ and in the Mūgapakkha Jātaka.² Perhaps this residence was identical with the Kaṭandhakāra mentioned in the Cūḷavaṃsa.³ Kassapa II. paid much respect to an Elder of unknown name who lived there. It is said that the king had the sacred texts written down with a short summary in honour of this Elder. Geiger thinks⁴ that the Padhānaghara called Mahallarāja, which had been erected by Aggabodhi III., brother of Kassapa II., in company with the Yuvarāja Māna, was attached to the Kaṭandhakāra monastery.