Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2542
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2542
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Ambatthala.—A little tableland immediately below the Silākūṭa of the Missaka Mountain in Ceylon. It was near here that Mahinda and his companions alighted after their aerial journey from Jambudīpa.¹ There King Mahādāthika-Mahānāga built the Ambatthala Thūpa, risking his own life in order to make the building secure. He made a cover for the whole thūpa and, at its dedication, held the great Giribhaṇḍapūjā.² Kaṇiṭṭhatissaka built a monastery attached to the thūpa,³ which Goṭhābhaya renovated.⁴