以補羅提城為中心的斯里蘭卡北部地區之名，與羅訶那、南方國相對而言，歷經南印度入侵者反覆攻伐，最終迫使僧伽羅王都南遷。

The name for northern Sri Lanka centred on Pulatthipura, as distinguished from Rohaṇa and Dakkhiṇadesa, which became the battleground of repeated invasions from South India until the Sinhalese capital finally moved south.