Mahatirtha
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Mahatirtha (महतीर्थ) is the place of landing of people of Pandya kingdom who came Madura to Sri Lankas on the invitation Prince Vijaya. It was located near Mannar Island overlooking the Gulf of Mannar.
Origin
Variants
- Mahatirtha महतीर्थ, लंका, (AS, p.722)
- Mantota मंतोट दे. महातीर्थ (AS, p.688)
History
In Mahavansa
- Mahatittha, the landing-place, is mentioned in Ch.7, Ch.15, Mahavansha Ch.25, Ch.33
Mahavansa/Chapter 7 ....When he had thus obtained many maidens and had given compensation to their families, he sent his daughter, bedecked with all her ornaments, and all that was needful for the journey, and all the maidens whom he had fitted out, according to their rank, elephants withal and horses and wagons, worthy of a king, and craftsmen and a thousand families of the eighteen guilds, entrusted with a letter to the conqueror Vijaya. All this multitude of men disembarked at Mahatittha; for that very reason is that landing-place known as Mahatittha.
महतीर्थ (लंका)
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...महतीर्थ (लंका) (AS, p.722) : महा वंश 7,58 के अनुसार राजकुमार विजय के निमंत्रण पर भारत के पांड्य देश से आने वाले लोग लंका पहुंचकर जलयान से इसी स्थान पर उतरे थे. यह मनार द्वीप के सामने वर्तमान मंतोट है.