Hatthapannika-pasada, Hatthapaṇṇika-pāsāda: 1 definition

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

Hatthapaṇṇika-pāsāda or Sattapaṇṇaka-pāsāda is the name of a building constructed by Vohārika Tissa at Mahāvihāra in Anurādhapura. Mahāvihāra, also called the Tissārāma, was a region in the Southern Area of the city of Anurādhapura, founded in B.C. 246 by Devānaṃpiya Tissa and presented to the great Thera, Mahinda. Its territory (including Hatthapaṇṇika-pāsāda) comprised the Jotivana (previously called Nandana) and Mahāmegha Parks, the area to south and south-east of the citadel.

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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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