Karinda

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Karinda River (करिंद नदी) of Sri Lanka is mentioned in Mahavansha. Kirindi Oya river in Sri Lanka, after starting from Bandarawela it flows for 117 km down to Bundala.

Variants

• Karinda River (करिंद नदी) (लंका) (AS, p.141)
• Karindariver (Mahavansa/Chapter 32)
• Kirindi Oya
• Kirindu Oya

History

Mahavansa/Chapter 32 in ch. 'The Entrance to the Tusita-Heaven' mentions....When the thera, who dwelt by the source of the Karindariver on the Paajali-mountain, knew his thought he came with a company of five hundred (bhikkhus) who had overcome the äsava...

करिंद नदी

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...करिंद नदी (AS, p.141) महावंश 32, 15 में उल्लिखित नदी जो वर्तमान किरिंदुओय है।

References

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