Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.607
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.607
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1. Cittalatāvana.—A pleasaunce, five hundred leagues in extent, in Tāvatiṃsa. It came into being through the good deeds performed by Māgha’s wife, Cittā.¹ It is said² that the place was so called not only because of its association with Cittā, but also because there grew in it various creepers bearing many coloured flowers. In the pleasaunce is born the Āsavatī creeper which blossoms only once in a thousand years.³