Jotiya3
TextEin Nigaṇṭha-Asket, für den König Paṇḍukābhaya in Anurādhapura eine Unterkunft errichten ließ, an deren Stelle später das Abhayagiri-Kloster erbaut wurde.
A Nigaṇṭha, for whom Paṇḍukābhaya built a house to the east of the Nīcasusāna at Anurādhapura (Mhv.x.97). The Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā (p.296) calls him a Nagaravaḍḍhakī. The Abhayagiri-vihāra was later erected on the spot occupied by Jotiya’s residence. MT.620.
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