斯里蘭卡一處戰略要津的河渡口，班杜迦婆耶王（Paṇḍukābhaya）曾在此擒獲一名女夜叉，後來在僧伽羅諸王與泰米爾勢力的歷次戰爭中屢易其手。

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.