Dhumarakkha, Dhūmarakkha: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA mountain in Ceylon, not far from Kacchakatittha, no the right bank of the Mahavalukanadi. There Pandukabhaya defeated his uncles and occupied their fortified camp for two years. The mountain was the abode of yakkhas, and it was here that Pandukabhaya captured the Yakkhini Cetiya, near the pond Tumbariyangana in the vicinity of the mountain (Mhv.x.46, 53, 58ff). King Mahanama built a vihara there (Cv.xxxvii.213).
According to the Mahavamsa Tika (p.289), the mountain was also called Udumabarapabbata (or -giri). There seems (See P.L.C., s.v. Udumbaragiri) to have lived at Udumbaragiri a fraternity of forest dwelling monks who produced from among their number several scholars of great repute and monks of great piety - e.g., Kassapa and Medhankara.
The mountain is identified (Ep. Zey.ii.194ff) with the present Gunners Quoin on the right bank of the Mahavaliganga.
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: Udumbaragiri, Ceti, Kacchaka Tittha, Pandukabhaya.
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