Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3022
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3022
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2. Keḷāsa.—A vihāra in Ceylon, probably in the district of Maṅgana. At one time sixty thousand monks dwelt there with Khuddatissa at their head.¹ This is probably not the Keḷāsa vihāra (in Jambudīpa ?) whence, we are told, Suriyagotta came with ninety thousand monks to the foundation of the Mahā Thūpa.²