[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.c6.2227 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2227 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2227 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2227) Abhayavāpi.—A tank in Anurādhapura built by King Paṇḍukābhaya.¹ At its lower end was the settlement of the yakkha Cittarāja.² In the hot weather it ran dry, and on one occasion Devānampiyatissa used its mud for building a temporary structure in which to deposit the relics brought from Jambudīpa.³ The hall which Duṭṭhagāmaṇi built round the Maricavaṭṭi Vihāra extended into a part of the Abhaya tank.⁴ In the reign of Bhātikābhaya water was taken from the tank, by means of machines, up to the top of the Mahā Thūpa, for the sprinkling of the flowers offered there.⁵ The tank is generally identified with the modern Basavakkulam.⁶ - [Previous: v1.c6.2226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2226) - [Next: v1.c6.2228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2228) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2227) · Pramāṇa