Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.339
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.339
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v1.c21.339
**Tāmalitti (Tāmalitthi).**—The port from which the branch of the Bodhi-tree was sent to Ceylon by Asoka.¹ It is said² that Asoka came from Pāṭaliputta, crossed the Ganges by boat, traversed the Viṇijhāṭavi, and so arrived at Tāmalitti. It is identified with modern Tamluk, formerly on the estuary of the Ganges, but now on the western bank of the Rūpnārāyaṇa. When Fa Hsien came to Ceylon, he embarked at Tāmluk.³