The name given to Ceylon in the time of Kakusandha Buddha.

 

Its capital was Abhayanagara and its king Abhaya.

 

The Buddha visited Ojadīpa and occupied the Mahātittha garden (Mhv.xv.57ff; Dpv.i.73; ix.20; xvii.5, 16, 23; xv.35-8; Sp.i.83).

 

Its mountain was Devakūta, the modern Pilayakūta (Mbv.126).


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