Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2639

v2.c31.2639

2. Mātuvihāra.—A vihāra built by the mother of Gajabāhukagāmaṇi, on the spot where, in a thicket of flowering kadambas, she had met an ascetic rising from a trance of seven days and had given him food which she was taking to her father the brick-worker. As a result of this gift she became the queen of Vaṅkanāsikatissa. Later she bought the piece of land for one thousand and built there the vihāra. Gajabāhukagāmaṇi built a stone thūpa connected with it and gave lands to the monks of the vihāra.¹ The full name of this vihāra seems to have been Rājamātuvihāra (q.v.).²