Kinigama, Kiṇigama, Kini-gama: 1 definition

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Kinigama means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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

Kiṇigama is the name of an ancient locality that existed in the Polonnaruva (Polonnaruwa) district of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—[... see Kulālitissa...] An inscriptionof Mahinda IV (956-972) at Polonnaruva (exact provenance uncertain) mentions Kulu-tis-rad (P. Kūṭatissa) Mahāvihāra of the Mahāvihāra Nikāya and states that Kiṇigama monastery in Padumpasa (the eastern division of Rājaraṭṭha) belongs to it: Demel Kiṇigam, doubtless a part of Kiṇigama, and a neighbouring canal are also mentioned. Kiṇigama was close to the river. There is a modern Kiṇigama, 1 mile south of Pallegama, in Laggala Pallesiya Pattu.

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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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