MahÄgallaka
1. MahÄgallaka. A village in Dakkhiṇadesa of Sri Lanka where Saá¹…ghatissa once camped (Cv.xliv.3). DÄá¹hopatissa II gave the village to the PadhÄnaghara in the Kassapa vihÄra. The village is mentioned in the account of the campaigns of ParakkamabÄhu I. Cv.lxv.27. Cv.lviii.43; see also Cv.Trs.i.74, n.2; 206, n.1.
2. MahÄgallaka. A reservoir built by MahÄsena. ParakkamabÄhu I repaired it and constructed a canal from the reservoir to SÅ«karanijjhara. Mhv.xxxvii.49. Cv.lxviii.34, 43; lxxix. 66; see also Cv. Trs.i.279, n. 5.
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