Sirisavatthu, Sirīsavatthu: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA city of the Yakkhas in Ceylon (Tambapannidipa) (See the Valahassa Jataka; cf. Mhv.vii.32).
According to the Mahavamsa Tika (MT. 259), at the time of Vijayas arrival in Ceylon, the chief Yakkha of the city was Mahakalasena. Jutindhara was the name of another Yakkha who lived there. MT. 289.
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).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Mahakalasena, Yakkhanagara, Kalasena, Ceti, Jutindhara, Valahassa Jataka, Lanka, Tambapanni, Vijaya, Nama.
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A Short history of Lanka (by Humphry William Codrington)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Vetāla 7: The King who married his Dependent to a Nereid < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]
Dipavamsa (study) (by Sibani Barman)
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 196: Valāhassa-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)