The Páli name for the modern town of Kurunegala in Ceylon. It is so called because near by is a mountain shaped like a reclining elephant. It is first mentioned in the time of Parakkamabáhu II., who made his yuvarája, Bhuvanekabáhu, build a vihára there (Cv.lxxxv.62).

The king was cremated close to the vihára, and his son, Vijayabáhu, made a pilgrimage to the vihára, and to the place of cremation (Cv.lxxxviii.53f). Bhuvanekabáhu removed the capital from Subhagiri to Hatthigiripura, where it remained till the death of Parakkamabáhu IV. Cv.xc.59,106.


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