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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.723

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.723

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### [v1.c12.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.723)

12. Kapila.—An ancient seer, probably of Ceylon, in whose honour Parakkamabāhu I. built the Kapila-vihāra near Pulatthipura, with many-storied buildings, frescoes, and other ornamentations.¹

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