[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) › v2.c31.2639 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2639 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2639 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.2639](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c31.2638](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2638) - [Next: v2.c31.2640](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2640) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2639](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2639) · Pramāṇa