Ä€kÄsagaá¹…gÄ
1. Ä€kÄsagaá¹…gÄ.- The river that flows southward from the Anotatta Lake receives, in its different stages, various names. That part of it which flows sixty leagues through the air is called Ä€kÄsagaá¹…gÄ (SnA.ii.439; MA.586, etc.). The Buddha’s discourse on various topics (pakinnakakathÄ) is like the downward flow of the Ä€kÄsagaá¹…gÄ (AA.i.94; DhA.iii.360); so also is the eloquence of clever teachers (e.g., DhA.iv.18; J.ii.65).
The fine clay to be found in the area (thirty yojanas in extent) over which the Ä€kÄsagaá¹…gÄ falls to earth, is called, on account of its fineness, “butter clay†(navanÄ«ta-mattikÄ). This clay was brought by Arahant sÄmaneras to be spread over the foundation of the MahÄ ThÅ«pa in AnurÄdhapura (Mhv.xxix.5f). The spot where it is found is called TintasÄ«sakola. MT.515
2. Ä€kÄsagaá¹…gÄ.- A vast channel built by ParakkamabÄhu I to bring water from the KÄragaá¹…gÄ to the Parakkamammudda. Cv.lxxix.25.
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