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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1727

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1727

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### [v2.c31.1727](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1727)

Mahāpadhānaghara.—A monastic building in Anurādhapura, where Buddhaghosa went to learn the Sinhalese Commentaries under Saṅghapāla.¹ Dāṭhopatissa II. gave the village of Mahāgalla for its maintenance.²

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