Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.42
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.42
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v1.c9.42
Buddhaghosa⁵ says that when the city was being built, on the day its site was marked out, fish came ashore at night from the river, and men, noticing them, made torches (ukkā) out of rags (celā), dipped them in oil, and by their light caught the fish. On account of this incident the city was called Ukkācelā (v.l. Ukkacelā, Ukkāvelā).