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Mahejjāghara, Mahejjāgharavatthu,
Mahejjāgharāsanasālā
A building in Anurādhapura, near the west gate.
The
grounds of the building were laid out by Pandukābhaya (Mhv.X.90; xvii.30).
Gajabāhu I. first erected the Mahejjāsanasālā (Mhv.Xxxv.122).
The Mahāvamsa
Tīkā (p.378) explains that Mahejavatthu is a shrine (devatthāna) dedicated to
the Yakkha Maheja.

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