[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.c6.3057 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3057 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3057 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3057](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v1.c6.3056](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3056) - [Next: v1.c6.3058](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3058) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3057](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3057) · Pramāṇa