[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.c31.3046 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.3046 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.3046 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.3046](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3046) \*\*Missakapabbata.\*\*—A mountain near Anurādhapura, the present Mihintale. It was while hunting the elk on this mountain that \*\*Devā-nampiyatissa\*\* met \*\*Mahinda\*\* who had come with his companions to convert the Island to Buddhism. It was on \*\*Silākūṭa\*\*, the northern peak of the mountain, that Mahinda alighted after his journey through the air from India, while the conversation between him and the king took place in \*\*Ambatthala\*\*, the small tableland below the peak.¹ The mountain later came to be called \*\*Cetiyagiri\*\* (\*q.v.\*)² - [Previous: v2.c31.3045](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3045) - [Next: v2.c31.3047](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3047) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3046](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3046) · Pramāṇa