Cittalapabbata
A mountain in Rohaṇa on which KÄkavaṇṇa-Tissa built a vihÄra (Mhv.xxii.23) and Vasabha ten thÅ«pas (Mhv.xxxv.81). DÄá¹hopatissa gave to the vihÄra the village of Gonnaviá¹á¹hi (CV.xlv.59). The mountain is described as being healthy (utusappÄya) (MT.552), and sometimes there lived on it as many as twelve thousand monks (VibhA.445; Mhv.xxiv.9). Attached to the vihÄra was the Niá¹…kapoṇṇapadhÄnaghara (VibhA.489) and the Koá¹agerukapÄsÄda — the residence of BhÄgineyya Saá¹…gharakkhita (MT.552) — and also, probably, a nunnery. (See VibhA.498). The Elders MahÄnÄga and CūḷanÄga lived at Cittalapabbata for three years (SA.ii.125). The Commentaries†contain several stories connected with the mountain. (e.g., VibhA.264, 498; DhsA.351, 399; AA.i.386; MA.i.18, 66, 150, 223, 351, 399). Near by (AA.i.386) was the village of KÄlumbara and the bathing place of Kuruvakatittha (MA.ii.1024). It was evidently a very important monastic centre in Sri Lanka, and is mentioned on a par with Abhayagiri and Cetiyapabbata (DA.ii.478). Cittalapabbata is sometimes called CittalakÅ«á¹a. e.g., Mhv.xxxv.81.
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