Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3057
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3057
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v1.c6.3057
Alasandā.—A city in the land of the Yonas. There was a large Buddhist community there and it is said, in the Mahāvaṃsa,¹ that on the occasion of the foundation of the Mahā Thūpa by Duṭṭhagāmaṇi, the thera Yonaka Mahā Dhammarakkhita came to Anurādhapura from Alasandā with 30,000 monks.