Candanamālā
PersonAlso known as Candanasālā
One of the Buddha’s residences, a sandalwood building erected in Sunāparanta at the request of Puṇṇa, where the Buddha performed the dedication ceremony and displayed the Twin Miracle.
v.l. Candanasālā.– One of the residences occupied by the Buddha (SNA.ii.403). It was in Sunāparanta and was built of red sandalwood at the instigation of Puṇṇa of Sunāparanta. When the work was completed Puṇṇa sent a flower as message to the Buddha, who came with five hundred monks and performed the ceremony of dedication before dawn (ThagA.i.158). During the festival, the Buddha showed the Twin Miracle (yamaka-pāṭihāriya) (ThagA.i.312).
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