ChÄtapabbata
A mountain, slightly over two leagues to the south-east of AnurÄdhapura. At the foot was a bamboo-grove in which grew three bamboo-stems, each being a waggon-pole in girth — known as latÄyaá¹á¹hi, kusumayaá¹á¹hi and sakunayaá¹á¹hi — because of DevÄnampiyatissa’s good fortune (Mhv.xi.10; Dpv.xi.15, 19; Sp.i.74. For an explanation of these yaá¹á¹his see IHQ.vi.571ff). SaddhÄtissa afterwards built a vihÄra there, called the ChÄtavihÄra (MT.300). The Aá¹…guttara Commentary (i.15) has a reference to a novice dwelling in ChÄtapabbata who came to grief after hearing a woman’s voice.
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