Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.315

v1.c14.315

Gambhīranadī.—A river, one yojana north of Anurādhapura; the bricks for the Mahā Thūpa and for the Thupas of the three former Buddhas were prepared on its banks.¹ On its bank was Upatissagāma.² 1. Gayā.—A pond in which people bathed, that their sins might be washed away.¹ Buddhaghosa says² it was a circular pond in which was a bathing ghat (*maṇḍavāpisaṇṭhānam tittham*). But see below, Gayā (2).