Pāli Dictionary

Bhātiyavaṅka-vihāra

Place

Ein Kloster in Sri Lanka, dessen Vorsteher während der Herrschaft von Duṭṭhagāmaṇī der Mönch Mahānāga war und dessen einer Mönch Gottheiten bei der Verehrung der Großen Stupa beobachtete, die für ihren Anteil am Bau im Himmel wiedergeboren worden waren.

A monastery in Sri Lanka. A monk of the monastery, who once went to worship at the Mahā Thūpa, saw there some devatās also worshipping; they had been born in heaven as a result of having participated in the building of the thūpa (Mhv.xxx.46 f).

In the time of Duṭṭhagāmaṇī, the chief incumbent of the vihāra was Mahānāga. MT. 606.

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