Asokamālaka

One of the spots in the Mahāsāgara garden, north of the Nāgamālaka, where the Buddha Kassapa preached to the assembled populace on his visit to Ceylon. Four thousand people were converted (Mhv.xv.153ff).

Later King Asela erected a cetiya there. MT. 358.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from