1. Manimekhalá. A goddess who presided over the ocean where she was placed by the Cátummahárájiká to protect virtuous people who might suffer shipwreck. J.iv.17; vi.35.
2. Manimekhalá. A dam erected by Aggabodhi I. across the Maháválukagangá (Cv.xlii.34). It was restored by Sena II. Cv.li.72.
3. Manimekhalá. A district in Ceylon, founded by the general Sankha during the time that the usurper Mágha ruled at Pulatthipura. Cv.lxxxi.7.