Piyaṅgudīpa
An island, probably near Sri Lanka, the monks of which enjoyed a reputation for extreme holiness. When Duá¹á¹hagÄmaṇī, fleeing from Cūḷaá¹…ganiyapitthi, wished to give alms though having so little food, an Arahant Thera came from Piyaá¹…gudÄ«pa to accept it as soon as the time of the almsgiving was announced by the minister Tissa (Mhv.xxiv.24ff). Again, when Duá¹á¹hagÄmaṇī, after his conquest of the Damiḷas, was filled with remorse for his slaughter of men, Arahants of Piyaá¹…gudÄ«pa read his thoughts and came to console him (Mhv.xxv.104ff). Mention is made of as many as twelve thousand monks living on Piyaá¹…gudÄ«pa. Mhv.xxxii.55.
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