Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.47
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.47
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v2.c29.47
Badalatthala, Badalatthali.—A locality in the Dakkhiṇadesa of Ceylon.¹ It was the abode of the senāpati Saṅkha, who was killed there.² Nearby was Pilimvatthu³; it was to Badalatthala that the young Parakkama-bāhu first came when he escaped from his custodians. From there he went to Buddhagāma,⁴ and later returned to Baddalatthala in order to meet his mother, Ratanāvalī, and the senāpati Deva, that he might visit his father with them.⁵