[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.c14.315 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.315 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.315 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.315](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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). - [Previous: v1.c14.314](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.314) - [Next: v1.c14.316](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.316) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.315](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.315) · Pramāṇa