[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.c6.2542 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2542 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2542 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2542](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2542) 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 - [Previous: v1.c6.2541](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2541) - [Next: v1.c6.2543](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2543) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2542](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2542) · Pramāṇa