[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c22.48 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c22.48 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c22.48 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c22.48) 1. Thūpārāma.—A monastery near the southern wall of Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa. The spot was consecrated by the Buddha having sat there in meditation¹ and also by former Buddhas doing likewise.² The thūpa there was the first of its kind in Ceylon and enshrined the Buddha's collar-bone. Miracles, said to have been ordained by the Buddha himself, attended its enshrinement.³ The monastery was built later than the thūpa, hence its name.⁴ One of the eight saplings of the Bodhi-tree at Anurādhapura was planted in the grounds and exists to this day.⁵ The Cittasālā was to the east of the Thūpārāma, and on that site Saṅghamittā was cremated.⁶ It was the monks of Thūpārāma who helped Thūlatthana to become king.⁷ - [Previous: v1.c22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c22.47) - [Next: v1.c22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c22.49) - [Up: v1.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c22.48) · Pramāṇa