[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.c37.89 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.89 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c37.89 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c37.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.88) - [Next: v2.c37.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.90) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.89) · Pramāṇa