[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.c23.981 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.981 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.981 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.981](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.981) Devanagara.—Also called Devapura. A town at the southern point of Ceylon, the modern Dondra. An old vihāra, repaired by Vijayabāhu I., existed there.¹ Devanagara is mentioned in the campaigns of Parakkama-bāhu I. as a scene of conflict.² There was a temple at Devanagara built³ in honour of the god Uppalavaṇṇa. Here Vīrabāhu celebrated a sacrifice after his victory over the Jāvakas.⁴ Parakkamabāhu II. found the shrine in great decay and rebuilt it with great splendour, and inaugurated a festival which is celebrated every year, even up to the present day, in the month of Āsāḷha.⁵ Parakkamabāhu IV. built a long-shaped temple of two storeys for the recumbent image of the Buddha, which is found in the vihāra.⁶ - [Previous: v1.c23.980](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.980) - [Next: v1.c23.982](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.982) - [Up: v1.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.981](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.981) · Pramāṇa