[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.c14.798 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.798 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.798 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.798](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.798) 1. Gokaṇṇa.—A locality in Ceylon and a vihāra founded by Mahāsena, on the site of a Hindu temple.¹ According to the Mahāvamsa Ṭīkā,² it was on the east coast of Ceylon. Elsewhere,³ the Ṭīkā speaks of a Gokaṇṇatittha in the neighbourhood of the estuary of the Mahākandaranadī, and the Cūḷavamsa⁴ mentions Gokaṇṇa as the last of a series of fords in Rohaṇa, important from a strategic point of view, along the Mahāvālukagaṅgā, from “Sarogāmatittha to Gokaṇṇa.” In another passage,⁵ Gokaṇṇa(ka) is spoken of as mahannava (the ocean). These facts support Geiger’s conjecture⁶ that Gokaṇṇa refers to the Trincomalee (Koddiyar) Bay at the estuary of the Mahāvālukagaṅgā. - [Previous: v1.c14.797](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.797) - [Next: v1.c14.799](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.799) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.798](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.798) · Pramāṇa