[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.c31.797 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.797 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.797 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.797](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.797) Marutta-pokkharaṇī.—A tank in Anurādhapura, north of the royal palace, in the time of Devānampiyatissa. When Mahinda scattered flowers on it the earth trembled, and Mahinda prophesied that it would become the Jantāghara-pokkharaṇī, situated to the east of the gateway of the Kālāpāsāna-pariveṇa. It had disappeared by the time the Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā was written.¹ The sīmā of the Mahāvihāra passed through the tank.² - [Previous: v2.c31.796](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.796) - [Next: v2.c31.798](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.798) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.797](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.797) · Pramāṇa