Ambiḷahāra Vihāra
PlaceA monastery in Sri Lanka where the elder Tipiṭaka Cūḷanāga once taught the Mahāsaḷāyatanika Sutta to a vast audience, at the end of which a thousand monks attained arahantship.
A monastery in Sri Lanka.
On one occasion Tipiṭaka Cūḷanāga Thera taught there the Mahāsaḷayatanika Sutta.
The audience of men was one quarter of a league (gāvuṭa) in extent, and that of gods a league.
At the end of the discourse a thousand monks became Arahants. MA.ii.1025.
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