[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.c16.615 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.615 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.615 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.615](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.615) Cittalapabbata.—A mountain in Rohaṇa on which Kākavaṇṇa-Tissa built a vihāra¹ and Vasabha ten thūpas.² Dāṭhopatissa gave to the vihāra the village of Gonnaviṭṭhi.³ The mountain is described as being healthy (utusappāya),⁴ and sometimes there lived on it as many as twelve thousand monks.⁵ Attached to the vihāra was the Niṅkapoṇṇapadhānaghara⁶ and the Koṭagerukapāsāda—the residence of Bhāgineyya Saṅgharakkhita⁷—and also, probably, a nunnery.⁸ The Elders Mahānāga and Cūlanāga lived at Cittalapabbata for three years.⁹ The Commentaries¹⁰ contain several stories connected with the mountain. Near by¹¹ was the village of Kālumbara and the bathing place of Kuruvakatittha.¹² It was evidently a very important monastic centre in Ceylon, and is mentioned on a par with Abhayagiri and Cetiyapabbata.¹³ Cittālapabbata is sometimes called Cittalakūṭa.¹⁴ - [Previous: v1.c16.614](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.614) - [Next: v1.c16.616](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.616) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.615](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.615) · Pramāṇa