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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA mountain in Ceylon half way between Anuradhapura and Pulatthipuva. It is identified with modern Ritigala, and is near the modern Habarane in the North Central Province (Mhv.trans.72, n.3). Pandukabhaya lived there for seven years, awaiting an opportunity to make war on his uncles, and it was near there that he ultimately defeated them (Mhv.x.63-72). At the foot of the mountain, Suratissa built the Makulaka Vihara (Mhv.xxi.6). Lanjatissa built a vihara on the mountain and called it Arittha Vihara (Mhv.xxxiii.27).
Jetthatissa occupied the mountain before his fight with Aggabodhi III., and it was there that he organised his forces (Cv.xliv.86).
Sena I. built a monastery on the mountain for the use of the Pamsukulikas and endowed it with large revenues (Cv.l.63).
At the present day the place is extremely rich in ruins. See Hocart: Memoirs of the Arch. Survey of Ceylon i.44.
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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Full-text: Arittha-vihara, Makulaka, Mahasumana, Jetthatissa, Pandukabhaya, Sena.
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