1. Ambatitthaka.-A Tamil stronghold surrounded by a river and a moat; it was captured by Dutthagámani after a siege of four months (Mhv.xxv.7-9). The crafty Damila Titthamba lived there, and it is said that, in the end, he was conquered by a conspiracy in which Dutthagámani offered to allow him to marry Dutthagámani's mother (MT.473f). Near here was a ford across the Maháváluka-gangá.
2. Ambatitthaka.-A Jatila living at Ambatittha (1).