In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

The name is frequently mentioned in the Pali Chronicles, sometimes as a locality, sometimes as a mountain (E.g., Mhv.xxi.5; Cv.xli.44; xliv.7), apparently situated (Mhv. Trs.176, n.2) to the north of, and not far from Anuradhapura.

It is also given as the name of a tank, repaired by Parakkamabahu I. (Cv.lxxix.33), and also as that of an irrigation canal (dakavara), given by Silakala to the monks of Abhayagiri (Cv.xli.31).

Near Raheraka was the Kolambahalaka vihara (q.v.).

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963

Raheraka is the name of a locality that existed in the ancient kingdom of Anurādhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—Early in the 2nd century B.C., Sūratissa built Kolambahālaka-vihāra near Raheraka. Also see the Kolambahālaka-vihāra.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Ends with: Praheraka.

Full-text: Rahera, Kolambahalaka.

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