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1. Tissavāpi. A tank near Anurādhapura, probably built by Devānampiyatissa (Mhv.Xx.20). It seems to have been customary for the king to take a ceremonial bath in the Tissavāpi, after his coronation festival (E.g., Mhv.Xxvi.7; xxxv.38; MT.645), and, on this occasion, the Lambakannas formed the king's bodyguard (See, e.g., Mhv.xxxv.16, 38). The road from Mahiyangama to Anurādhapura lay along the edge of the Tissavāpi (Mhv.Xxxvi.59). 2. Tissavāpi. A tank in the neighbourhood of Mahāgāma, built by Ilanāga (Mhv.Xxxv.32). Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/t/tissavaapi.htm |
