Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.89
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c37.89
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v2.c37.89
Hatthigiripura, Hatthiselapura.—The Pāli name for the modern town of Kurunegala in Ceylon. It is so called because near by is a mountain shaped like a reclining elephant. It is first mentioned in the time of Parakkamabāhu II., who made his yuvarāja, Bhuvanekabāhu, build a vihāra there.¹ The king was cremated close to the vihāra, and his son, Vijayabāhu, made a pilgrimage to the vihāra and to the place of cremation.² Bhuvanekabāhu removed the capital from Subhagiri to Hatthigiripura, where it remained till the death of Parakkamabāhu IV.³