[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.c23.569 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.569 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.569 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v1.c23.568](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.568) - [Next: v1.c23.570](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.570) - [Up: v1.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.569) · Pramāṇa