Pāli Dictionary

Sahassatittha

Place

钵罗提城以南摩诃跋卢伽河(Mahāvāḷukagaṅgā)的一处渡口,毗阇耶巴忽四世在其父指示下曾在此召集全岛僧众举行为期两周的受戒法会。

A ford in the Mahāvāḷukagaṅgā, to the south of Pulatthipura. Vijayabāhu IV, at the instigation of his father, Parakkamabāhu II, arranged that the whole community of monks in Sri Lanka should assemble there and perform the ceremony of admitting new members into the Order (Cv.lxxxvii.71; for identification see Cv.Trs.ii.182, n.4). In this he was assisted by his brother, Vīrabāhu, and the Chronicles (e.g., Cv.lxxxix.47 ff) give great details of the preparations for the ceremony, which lasted for a fortnight. At the conclusion, Vijayabāhu conferred various ranks on the most eminent monks.

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