Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.569

v1.c23.569

After the conquest of the Tamils, Tissa was again in charge of Dīghavāpi, for we find him being sent for from there at the time of Duṭṭhagāmaṇi's death.³ Tissa (afterwards called Saddhātissa) founded the Dīghavāpi-vihāra, in connection with which he built a cetiya, to which he made valuable offerings.⁴ We hear of Dīghavāpi in connection with the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I.⁵ Many years later Rājasīha II. gave the district round Dīghavāpi to the settlers who came from Holland.⁶ The village of Mahāmuni, residence of Sumanā, wife of Lakuṇṭaka Atimbara, was in Dīghavāpi.⁷ Dīghavāpi was nine leagues from Tissamahārāma.⁸