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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.539

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.539

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### [v1.c18.539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.539)

Some of the chief buildings attached to the Jetavana are mentioned in the books by special names, viz., Mahāgandhakuṭi, Kaverimaṇḍalamāla, Kosambakuṭi and Candanamāla.⁷ All these were built by Anāthapiṇḍika; there was another large building erected by Pasenadi and called the Salaḷaghara.⁸ Over the gateway lived a guardian deity to prevent all evildoers from entering.⁹ Just outside the monastery was a rājayatana-tree, the residence of the god Samiddhisumana.¹⁰ have been a large pond which came to be called the Jetavanapokkharaṇī.¹¹ The grounds themselves were thickly covered with trees, giving the appearance of a wooded grove (arañña).¹² On the outskirts of the monastery was a mango-grove.¹³ In front of the gateway was the Bodhi-tree planted by Anāthapiṇḍika, which came later to be called the Ānandabodhi (q.v.).¹⁴ Not far from the gateway was a cave which became famous as the Kapallapūva-pabbhāra on account of an incident connected with Macchariya-Kosiya.¹⁵

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