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A tank in Rohana, near Mahāgāma. Meghavannābhaya, minister of Mahāsena, leading a revolt against the king, once encamped on its bank (Mhv.Xxxvii.18). Saddhātissa built a vihāra near by (Mhv.Xxxiii.9). Mahānāga gave to the ascetics one thousand fields watered by the tank (Cv.xli.99; see Cv.Trs.i.62, n.1), and Parakkamabāhu I, repaired the tank (Cv.lxxix.32). Geiger thinks (Mhv. Trs.248, n.5) that Dūratissa-vāpi is probably identical with Dūravāpi. Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/d/duuratissaka.htm |
