[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.c36.3211 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3211 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.3211 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.3211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3211) Sihagiri, Sīhapabbata, Sīhācala.—A rocky fortress in the Malaya district of Ceylon.¹ When Kassapa I. had slain his father, he took refuge there, clearing the land about the rock, surrounding it with a wall, and building a staircase to it in the form of a lion. Kassapa and his retinue lived in the fortress till he was defeated by his brother Moggallāna, and then killed himself.² Mention is made of several vihāras on Sihagiri, among them being Daḷha and Dāṭhākoṇḍañña, which Moggallāna I. gave to the Dhammaruci and Sāgalika schools.³ King Saṅghatissa, his son, and his minister, were executed on Sihagiri, at the command of Moggallāna III,⁴ and later Moggallāna himself was slain there by Sīlāmeghavaṇṇa.⁵ - [Previous: v2.c36.3210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3210) - [Next: v2.c36.3212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3212) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3211) · Pramāṇa