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Cittakuá¹­a

A mountain in HimavÄ, one of the five ranges round Anotatta. It is composed of all kinds of precious metals (SNA.ii.437; AA.ii.759; UdA.300; Ap.i.50, 414; PsA.15; Vsm.650). It is famed as the abode of golden swans living in a golden cave (KañcanaguhÄ) on the top of the mountain, sometimes as many as ninety thousand in number (e.g., J.ii.107; iii.208, 247; iv.424, etc). There also the Dhattaraá¹­á¹­ha swans lived (J.v.337).

The name is sometimes (e.g., J.iv.212; v.338) spelt CitrakÅ«ta. It is generally identified with KÄmptanÄthgiri in Bundelkhand, an isolated hill on the PaisunÄ« or MandÄkinÄ« River. Law: Geog. of Early Bsm.40.

Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera
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