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  • Ojadīpa

The name given to Ceylon in the time of Kakusandha Buddha.

Its capital was Abhayanagara and its king Abhaya.

The Buddha visited Ojadīpa and occupied the Mahātittha garden (Mhv.Xv.57ff; Dpv. i.73; ix.20; xvii.5, 16, 23; xv.35-8; Sp.i.83).

Its mountain was Devakūta, the modern Pilayakūta (Mbv.126).


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