A city of Burma, founded by King Bodópayá (Bode, p.74; Sás.130). The Elder Nánábhivamsa lived there and was head of the group of monks known as the Amarapura sect.
These monks, later, took to Ceylon a number of Páli texts, these being either of Burmese authorship or else better known to the Burmese fraternity than to the Sinhalese. Bode, p.78.