Ambatitthaka
1. Ambatitthaka.- A Tamil stronghold surrounded by a river and a moat; it was captured by Duṭṭhagāmaṇi after a siege of four months (Mhv.xxv.7-9). The crafty Damiḷa Titthamba lived there, and it is said that, in the end, he was conquered by a conspiracy in which Duṭṭhagāmaṇi offered to allow him to marry Duṭṭhagāmaṇi’s mother (MT.473f). Near here was a ford across the Mahāvāluka-gaṅgā.
2. Ambatitthaka.- A Jaṭila living at Ambatittha (1).
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