Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.782
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.782
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1. **Tissavāpi.**—A tank near Anurādhapura, probably built by Devānampiyatissa.¹ It seems to have been customary for the king to take a ceremonial bath in the Tissavāpi, after his coronation festival,² and, on this occasion, the Lambakannas formed the king's bodyguard.³ The road from Mahiyangana to Anurādhapura lay along the edge of the Tissavāpi.⁴