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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.94

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.94

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### [v1.c14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.94)

\*\*Gaṅgāsiripura.\*\*—The Pāli name for the town of Gampola in Ceylon.¹ In it was an ancient vihāra, the \*\*Nigamaggāmapāsāda\*\*.² \*\*Bhuvanekabāhu IV.\*\* made it his capital.³

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