MahÄraá¹á¹ha
1. MahÄraá¹ha. A country where MahÄdhammarakkhita went after the Third Council. It is generally identified with the country of the MarÄthÄ« at the source of the GodÄvarÄ«. Mhv.xii.5, 37; Dpv.viii.8; Sp.i.64,67. 2. MahÄraá¹á¹ha. A district in Sri Lanka, near KÄlavÄpi, to the east. It held the village of Pillavatthi. Cv.lxxii.141, 163, 190, 199; also Cv.Trs.i.333, n.3.
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