Pāli Dictionary

Sirīsavatthu

Place

위자야 왕자가 도착했을 때 그 우두머리가 마하칼라세나였던 스리랑카의 야카(夜叉) 도시로, 주틴다라라는 이름의 다른 야카도 그곳에 살고 있었다.

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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