Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.976

v1.c12.976

**Karerimaṇḍalamālā.**—A pavilion near the **Karerikuṭikā**, evidently a hall with a thatched roof supported by wooden pillars, but with no walls.¹ Buddhaghosa calls it a *nisīdanasālā* (sitting-hall). Between this hall and the Gandhakuṭi was the **Karerimaṇḍapa**. Probably the term Karerimaṇḍalamālā was used to denote all the grounds within the Gandhakuṭi, the Karerikuṭikā and this hall (*Gandhakuṭi pi Karerikuṭikā pi sālā pi Karerimaṇḍalāmālo ti vuccati*).² Dhammapāla, however, says that only the maṇḍapa and the sālā were called Karerimaṇḍalamālā. He explains maṇḍalamālā thus: *tiṇapaṇṇacchadanaṃ anovassakaṃ maṇḍalamālo ; atimuttakādi latāmaṇḍapo ti apare*.³ The monks seem to have been in the habit of sitting out here and talking on various topics at the close of the day. One such topic is recorded in the *Udāna*,⁴ for discussing which the monks drew on themselves the Buddha’s stern rebuke.