A locality in Ceylon situated on the road from Dakkhinadesa (more exactly Mahāgalla) to Anurādhapura (Cv.Trs.i.114 n.3; i.74, n.2). A battle took place there between King Sanghatissa and King Moggallāna (afterwards Moggallāna III.) (Cv.xliv.6). A later battle was fought there between Aggabodhi VI. and Prince Aggabodhi of Dakkhinadesa (Cv.xlviii.50).