Nissankasamudra, Nissaṅkasamudra, Nissanka-samudra: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963Nissaṅkasamudra is another name for Parakkamasamudda that existed in the Polonnaruva (Polonnaruwa) district of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—The second, and much larger, Parakkamasamudda “that King of reservoirs”, is given pride of place in the Chronicle in the list of irrigation works of Parakkamabahu’s reign. It was formed “by damming the Kāra-Gaṅgā by a great dam between the hills and bringing its mighty flood of water hither by means of a vast canal called the Ākāsa-Gaṅgā”. The identity of the ancient Parakkamasamudda with the present, restored reservoir at Polonnaruva to which the same name has been given, admits of no doubt. King Nissaṅka Malla, as he was wont to do, re-named it Nissaṅkasamudra, but neither this name nor the name which Parakkamabāhu gave it endured, except in literature.
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Partial matches: Samudra, Nihshanka.
Full-text: Parakkamasamudda.
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