[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.c9.1543 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1543 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1543 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.1543](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1543) 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 - [Previous: v1.c9.1542](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1542) - [Next: v1.c9.1544](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1544) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1543](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1543) · Pramāṇa