TissavÄpi
1. TissavÄpi.- A reservoir near AnurÄdhapura, probably built by DevÄnampiyatissa (Mhv.xx.20). It seems to have been customary for the king to take a ceremonial bath in the TissavÄpi, after his coronation festival (e.g., Mhv.xxvi.7; xxxv.38; MT.645), and, on this occasion, the Lambakannas formed the king’s bodyguard (See, e.g., Mhv.xxxv.16, 38). The road from Mahiyangama to AnurÄdhapura lay along the edge of the TissavÄpi (Mhv.xxxvi.59).
2. TissavÄpi.- A reservoir in the neighbourhood of MahÄgÄma, built by IḷanÄga (Mhv.xxxv.32).
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