Sirīsavatthu

Place

Une ville des yakkhas de Sri Lanka dont le chef, au moment de l’arrivée du prince Vijaya, était Mahākālasena, un autre yakkha nommé Jutindhara y résidant également.

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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