Bhātiyavaṅka-vihāra
PlaceUn monastère au Sri Lanka dont le supérieur sous le règne de Duṭṭhagāmaṇī était le moine Mahānāga, et dont l’un des moines fut témoin de divinités vénérant le Grand Stupa, celles-ci étant renées au paradis pour avoir participé à sa construction.
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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