A mountain occupied for some time by Pandukábhaya during his campaign against his uncle.
It was in the neighbourhood of this mountain that Pandukábhaya met and married Suvannapáli (Mhv.x.28ff).
The district around it was called Girikanda-desa, and this was later given by Pandukábhaya to his father-in-law, Girikandasiva (Mhv.x.82).