[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.c18.138 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.138 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.138 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.138) Jambukola.—A sea-port in Nāgadīpa in the north of Ceylon. Here Mahārittha and his companions embarked on their journey as envoys to Dhammāsoka.¹ Here also arrived the ship conveying Saṅghamittā and the branch of the sacred Bodhi-tree, welcomed by Devānampiyatissa, who awaited her arrival in the Samuddapannasālā.² A sapling from the Bodhi-tree was afterwards planted on the spot where it had stood after landing³ and Devānampiyatissa built a vihāra there called the Jambuko-lavihāra.⁴ From Jambukola to Tāmalitti by sea was a seven days’ voyage,⁵ and it appears to have taken five days to get to Anurādhapura from Jambukola.⁶ It was the seaport of Anurādhapura.⁷ - [Previous: v1.c18.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.137) - [Next: v1.c18.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.139) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.138) · Pramāṇa