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Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera


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Mahāgallaka

1. Mahāgallaka.– A village in Dakkhiṇadesa of Sri Lanka where Saṅghatissa once camped (Cv.xliv.3). Dāṭhopatissa II (Hatthadāṭha) gave the village to the meditation hall (padhānaghara) in the Kassapa-vihāra. The village is mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxv.27. Cv.lviii.43; see also Cv.Trs.i.74, n.2; 206, n.1.

2. Mahāgallaka.– A reservoir built by Mahāsena. Parakkamabāhu I repaired it and constructed a canal from the reservoir to Sūkaranijjhara. Mhv.xxxvii.49. Cv.lxviii.34, 43; lxxix. 66; see also Cv. Trs.i.279, n. 5.