Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.536
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c24.536
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v1.c24.536
Dhūmarakkha.—A mountain in Ceylon, not far from Kacchakatittha, on the right bank of the Mahāvālukanadi. There Paṇḍukābhaya defeated his uncles and occupied their fortified camp for two years. The mountain was the abode of yakkhas, and it was here that Paṇḍukābhaya captured the yakkhinī Cetiyā, near the pond Tumbariyaṅgana in the vicinity of the mountain.¹ King Mahānāma built a vihāra there.²