Ketumatī4
PlaceLe nom pāli de la ville birmane de Taungu, autrefois capitale d’un roi possédant un éléphant célèbre, où le bouddhisme fut établi par un moine venu de Sri Lanka et qui devint plus tard la patrie de moines renommés.
The Pāḷi name for the Burmese city of Taungu (Bode: op.cit., 45).
Ketumatī is in Jeyyavaḍḍhanaraṭṭha. It was once the capital of King Mahāsirijeyyasūra who possessed a famous elephant, called Devanāga. Buddhism was established in Ketumatī by a monk from Sri Lanka named Mahāparakkama. It later became the residence of famous monks. Sās., pp.80, 81; see also 101, 118, 162.
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