Pāli Dictionary
approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

anurādhapurā
  1. anurādha

    Anurādha, an elder monk known from the Anurādha Sutta, questioned by wanderers on the Tathāgata’s existence after death

  2. purā

    formerly; in the past; before (with the ablative)

Encyclopedia

Anurādhapura
Place

  • The capital of Sri Lanka for nearly fifteen centuries, founded by King Paṇḍukābhaya on the site of earlier settlements and beautified over successive reigns with lakes, parks and monasteries before being finally abandoned in the eleventh century.

Found an error in the dictionary?