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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3067

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.3067

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### [v2.c36.3067](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3067)

Sīlakūṭa.—The summit of the Missakapabbata in Ambatthala. It was there that Mahinda alighted on his arrival in Ceylon.¹ In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, it was called Devakūṭa; in the time of Koṇāgamana, Sumanakūṭa; in the time of Kassapa, Subhakūṭa.² ¹ Mhv. xiii. 20. ² Dpv. xvii. 14.

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## Cites (2)

- [Dīpavaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.dipavamsa.17.14) — Pāli
- [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa.13.20) — Pāli

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