[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.c8.340 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.340 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c8.340 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v1.c8.339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.339) - [Next: v1.c8.341](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.341) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.340) · Pramāṇa