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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.666

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.666

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c18.666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.666)

Jotivana.—The name given to the Nandanavana in Anurādhapura after Mahinda had preached there, converting a large number of people.¹ It was situated immediately before the south gate of the city.² It was included in the boundaries of the Mahāvihāra and, later, Mahāsena built the Jetavana-vihāra in Jotivana.³

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