Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.628

v1.c7.628

Āmaṇḍagāmaṇi heightened the cone of the Mahā Thūpa and made additions to the Lohapāsāda and the Thūpārāma. He also built the Rajatalena Vihāra and the Mahāgāmeṇḍi tank to the south of Anurādhapura, which latter he gave for the use of the Dakkhiṇavihāra. He enacted an order that there should be no slaughter of animals in Ceylon and had gourds planted everywhere. To the whole brotherhood of monks in the island he once gave robes and alms-bowls filled with kumbhaṇḍaka fruits (pumpkins) and thereafter he was known by the name of Āmaṇḍagāmaṇi.¹