Pāli Dictionary

Sahassatittha

Place

鉢羅提城以南摩訶跋盧伽河(Mahāvāḷukagaṅgā)的一處渡口,毗闍耶巴忽四世在其父指示下曾在此召集全島僧眾舉行為期兩週的受戒法會。

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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