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Maṇḍalārāma

Place

斯里蘭卡的一座寺院,是誦持《法句經》的摩訶帝須長老的住處,後來也曾住有帝須菩多、摩羅耶摩訶提婆長老等多位僧人。

A monastery in Sri Lanka, probably near the village of Bhokkanta. It was the residence of the elder Mahā Tissa, reciter of the Dhammapada.

Sumanā, wife of Lakuṇṭaka Atimbara, recited there, in the assembly of the monks, the story of her past lives (DhA.iv.51).

According to the Vibhaṅga Commentary (VibhA.448; also DhSA.30; AA.i.52) the monastery was in the village of Kālakagāma, and, in the time of Vaṭṭagāmaṇī, it was the residence of many monks, at the head of whom was Tissabhūta.

It was also the residence of Malaya Mahādeva Thera. AA.i.22.

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