An island off the coast of Ceylon. While on a journey there in order to eat jambu fruit, Sanghatissa was killed by the enraged islanders (Mhv.xxxvi.70f).

The Mahávamsa Tíká explains (p.666) that it was situated in the sea off Mahátittha, in which case it is one of the islands between the north point of Ceylon and the Indian continent. Mhv.Trs.261, n.4.


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