Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.583

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**Tiyaggala.**—A lake in **Himavā.**¹ The river flowing from the eastern side of **Anotatta**, after having travelled along a rocky bed for sixty leagues, falls through the air for a distance of sixty leagues, on to the rock **Tiyaggala**. The column of water is three gāvutas in width and, as a result of the impact, the rock is hollowed out into a lake, the **Tiyaggalapokkharaṇī**, fifty leagues wide.²