UttarÄrÄma
1. UttarÄrÄma.- An image-house constructed by ParakkamabÄhu I to the north of PulatthipurÄ. It was hewn out of the actual rock and had three grottoes, made by expert craftsmen — the VijjÄdhara grotto, the grotto with the image in sitting posture and the grotto with the recumbent image. Cv.lxxviii.74ff; for a description of it see Cv. Trs.ii., 111, n.2; Bell: Arch. Survey of Sri Lanka for 1907, pp.7ff.
2. UttarÄrÄma.- The monastery where Maá¹…gala Buddha held his second Great Assembly (SannipÄta) in the presence of his kinsmen. BuA.120.
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