Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.580

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1. Kadamba, Kadambaka.—The river that flows past Anurādhapura, on the eastern side, now called the Malvatu Oya.¹ Near the river was the Nivatta-cetiya.² The river ford, the Gaṅgalatittha,³ formed the beginning of the boundary line of the sīmā of the Mahāvihāra, and this line also ended at the river bank.⁴ The road from Anurādhapura to Cetiyagiri lay aross the Kadamba-nadī, and pious kings, such as Mahā-Dāthika-Mahā-Nāga, spread carpets from the river up to the mountain so that pilgrims could wash their feet in the river and approach the mountain shrines with clean feet.⁵