斯里兰卡一处战略要津的河渡口，班杜迦婆耶王（Paṇḍukābhaya）曾在此擒获一名女夜叉，后来在僧伽罗诸王与泰米尔势力的历次战争中屡易其手。

A strategically important river ford in Sri Lanka, the site where King Paṇḍukābhaya once captured a yakkhiṇī and which later changed hands repeatedly during the wars between Sinhalese kings and Tamil forces.