Jotiya3
Text一位尼乾陀(Nigaṇṭha)苦行者,般度迦婆耶王(Paṇḍukābhaya)曾在阿努拉德普拉(Anurādhapura)为他建造住所,无畏山寺(Abhayagiri-vihāra)后来即建于此地。
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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