Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.340
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c8.340
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v1.c8.340
According to the Mahāvaṃsa, there was a large community of monks at Isipatana in the second century B.C. For, we are told that at the foundation ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa in Anurādhapura, twelve thousand monks were present from Isipatana led by the Elder Dhamma-sena.¹⁵