Dvaramandala
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Dvaramandala (द्वारमंडल) was a village mentioned Mahavansha near Chaityagiri of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.
Origin
Variants
- Dvaramandala (द्वारमंडल) (लंका) (AS, p.459)
- Dvaramandalaka (द्वारमंडलक) (Mahavansa/Chapter 10)
- Dvaramandala (द्वारमंडल) Mahavansa/Chapter 17, Mahavansa/Chapter 23
History
In Mahavansha
Mahavansa/Chapter 10 mentions the Consecrating of Pandukabhaya...(As) commanded by Ummadacitta the serving-woman took the boy, laid him in a basket and went with him to Dvaramandalaka. When the princes, who had gone a-hunting in the Tumbara forest saw the serving woman they asked her: `Where art thou going? What is that?' She answered: `I am going to Dvaramandalaka; that is a sweet cake for my daughter.'
Mahavansa/Chapter 17 mentions - The Arrival of the Relics.... And from Cetavigama and also from Dvaramandala and also from Viharabahu even as from Gallakapitha and from Upatissagama, from each of these there received gladly the pabajja five hundred young men in whom faith in the Tathagata had been awakened.
Mahavansa/Chapter 23 mentions - The Levying of the Warriors. ....And he, to put him to the test, entrusted him with a far errand: `Near the Cetiya-mountain in the village of Dvaramandala is a brahman named Kundali, my friend. In his possession is merchandise from over-seas. Go thou to him and bring hither the merchandise that he gives thee.' When he had thus spoken to him and had offered him a meal he sent him forth with a letter. He travelled, yet in the forenoon, nine yojanas from that place hither toward Anurädhapura and sought out the brahman.
द्वारमंडल
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ... द्वारमंडल (लंका) (AS, p.459) - महावंश 10,1 एक में उल्लिखित एक ग्राम जो अनुराधपुर की चैत्यगिरि (मिहिन्ताल) के समीप स्थित था.