A locality near Ambatthala. While seated here, Devánampiyatissa heard the novice Sumatra announce the time for the preaching of the Dhamma, to be heard all over Ceylon (Mhv.xiv.36). Geiger (Mhv. Trs. 94, n.1) identifies it with the modern Nágapokupa (but see Nágasondi).
According to the Dipavamsa (Dpv.xiv. 58; also Mhv.xvi.6) (which has a v.l. Nagaracatukka) it was a pond at the foot of the Missakapabbata and was made out of rock.