Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.1162

v1.c16.1162

In the time of Kakusandha, Cetiyagiri was known as Devakūṭa, in that of Koṇāgamana as Suvaṇṇakūṭa, and in that of Kassapa as Subhakūṭa.¹³ The Dhammarucikas once occupied the Ambatthalavihāra on Cetiyapabbata, it having been given to them. by Dhātusena.¹⁴ Aggabodhi supplied a permanent supply of water for the bathing-tank called Nāgasonḍi, on the top of Cetiyagiri,¹⁵ while Aggabodhi III. gave to the vihāra the village of Ambillapadara.¹⁶ Aggabodhi V. restored the ruined buildings of Cetiyapabbata at a cost of one hundred and twenty thousand pieces,¹⁷ while the queen of Udaya I. built there the Kanthakacetiya, and her husband decorated the mountain with brightly coloured flags and streamers.¹⁸ Sena I. gave to the monastery the income from the Kāṇavāpi,¹⁹ and Sena II. provided a hospital for the use of the monks there.²⁰ Kassapa VI. built the Hadayuṇha Pariveṇa and gifted it to the Dhammarucikas.²¹ Parakkamabāhu I. restored all the old buildings which had been destroyed and built sixty-four thūpas.²²