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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.70

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c34.70

- **Language:** English

### [v2.c34.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.70)

\*\*Laṅkānagara, Laṅkāpura.\*\*—One of the chief cities of the \*\*Yakkhas\*\* in Ceylon. \*\*Polamittā\*\*, wife of \*\*Mahākālasena\*\*, the chief Yakkha of Ceylon, was a princess of \*\*Laṅkāpura.\*\*¹ \*\*Kuveṇī\*\* herself was evidently from Laṅkāpura, because it was there she went when she was abandoned by Vijaya.²

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