Alavandapperumala, Ālavandapperumāla: 1 definition

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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A Damila general defeated by Parakkamabahu I, (Cv.lxxvi.128). He belonged to the immediate retinue of King Kulasekhara. In the battle of Patapa he was wounded and fled, but his enemies succeeded in slaying the horse on which he rode (Cv.lxxvi.223, 232). He is perhaps to be identified with Alavanda who was slain by Parakkamabahu in the village of Vadali (Cv.lxxvi.134).

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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).

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