Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.566

v1.c23.566

Dīghavāpi.—A tank and a district in Ceylon. When the Buddha went to Ceylon he visited the village, and on the spot where he sat in meditation a cetiya was later erected.¹ It seems to have been the central post in the country lying between the Tamil kingdom and the province of Rohaṇa. Thus we find Duṭṭhagāmaṇi’s brother, Tissa, occupying it by the order of his father. Later, on the death of his father, he retired to Dīghavāpi with his mother and the elephant Kaṇḍula.² When he made peace with his brother, he was again sent there to look after the district.