A locality in Anurādhapura to the north of Sirīsamāla. Konāgamana Buddha preached the Dhamma there and twenty thousand people realized the truth. To the north was the Asokamālaka (Mhv.xv.118,153). In Nāgamālaka was the Silāsobbhakandaka cetiya, and, near it, Thūlatthana built another cetiya. MT.355.