A mountain occupied for some time by Pandukābhaya during his campaign against his uncle.
It was in the neighbourhood of this mountain that Pandukābhaya met and married Suvannapāli (Mhv.x.28ff).
The district around it was called Girikanda-desa, and this was later given by Pandukābhaya to his father-in-law, Girikandasiva (Mhv.x.82).