[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.580 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.580 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.580 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.580) 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 - [Previous: v1.c12.579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.579) - [Next: v1.c12.581](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.581) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.580) · Pramāṇa