Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.1173
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.1173
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v1.c16.1173
The Commentaries relate several anecdotes connected with Cetiyapabbata. Maliyadeva Thera recited there the Chachakka Sutta, and sixty listening bhikkhus became arahants.²³ Lomasanāga Thera lived in the Padhānaghara in the Piyaṅguguhā there and overcame the cold he felt by meditating on the Lokantarikaniraya.²⁴ Cetiyapabbata was the residence of Kālabuddharakkhita, and King Saddhātissa spent some time there.²⁵ At the time that Fa Hsien came to Ceylon there were two thousand monks in Cetiyagiri, including a monk of great fame, called Dharmagupta.²⁶