Sirīsavatthu

Place

A city of the yakkhas in Sri Lanka whose chief at the time of Prince Vijaya’s arrival was Mahākālasena, with another yakkha named Jutindhara also dwelling there.

A city of the yakkhas in Sri Lanka (Tambapaṇṇidīpa) (See the Valāhassa Jātaka; cf. Mhv.vii.32).

According to the Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā (MT. 259), at the time of Vijaya’s arrival in Sri Lanka, the chief Yakkha of the city was Mahākālasena.

Jutindhara was the name of another yakkha who lived there. MT. 289.

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