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A district in Malaya (in Ceylon) often sought as a place of refuge - e.g., by Kassapa, son of Upatissa III. (Cv.xli.19); Jetthatissa, son of Asiggāhaka Sanghatissa (Cv.xliv.28) and Potthakuttha (Cv.xlvii.58). Vijayabāhu I. gave Merukandara as dowry to his daughter, Yasodharā, who married Vīravanna (Cv.lix.27). The village of Vacāvātaka was in Merukandara. Cv.lxx.282. Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/me_mu/merukandara.htm |
