Ujjeni

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Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Ujjeni (उज्जेनी) was a Buddhist place in Sri Lanka founded by one of his Ministers.

Variants

Ujjeni (उज्जेनी) (लंका) (AS, p.88)

Origin

History

उज्जेनी

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...उज्जेनी (AS, p.88) सिंहल के बौद्ध इतिहास महावंश 7, 45 के अनुसार उज्जेनी की स्थापना राजकुमार विजय के एक सामंत ने की थी इसका अभिज्ञान अनिश्चित है।

In Mahavansha

Mahavansha mentions Ujjeni - Ujjain in various Chapters: Ch.5, - city in Lanka built by minister of Vijaya, Ch.7, Ch.13, - From the Dakkhinagiri in Ujjeni came the thera Urusamgharakkhita, Ch.29


Mahavansa/Chapter 7 mentions The Consecrating of Vijaya in Sri Lanka: There Vijaya founded the city of Tambapanni....Here and there did Vijaya's ministers found villages....Anuradhagama was built by a man of that name near the Kadamba river; the chaplain Upatissa built Upatissagama on the bank of the Qambhira river, to the north of Anuradhagama. Three other ministers built, each for himself, Ujjeni, Uruvela, and the city of Vijita.

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