Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1543
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1543
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2. Uruvelā.—A township in Ceylon, founded by one of the ministers of Vijaya.¹ According to a different tradition,² it was founded by a brother of Bhaddakaccānā, called Uruvela. Uruvelā was evidently a port as well, because we are told that when Duṭṭhagāmaṇi decided to build the Mahā-Thūpa, six wagonloads of pearls as large as myrobalan fruit, mixed with coral, appeared on dry land at the Uruvela-paṭṭana.³ Near Uruvelā was the Valli-vihāra, built by Subha.⁴