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Bhātiyavaṅka-vihāra

Place

두타가마니 치세에 마하나가라는 승려가 주지를 지낸 스리랑카의 사원으로, 이곳의 한 승려는 대탑 건립에 참여하여 천계에 태어난 천신들이 대탑에서 예배하는 것을 목격했다.

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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