Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2626

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The place referred to here was probably not a park, but a building which formed part of the Lohapāsāda. In the Mahāvaṃsa account³ of the building of the Lohapāsāda we are told that the plans were copied from the gem-palace of the goddess Bīraṇī. The central part of the palace was called the Ambalaṭṭhikapāsāda. “It was visible from every side, bright, with pennons hung out.”