Mahānāga vihāra

1. Mahānāga vihāra. See Nāgamahā vihāra.

2. Mahānāga viharā. A monastery built by Aggabodhi I. in memory of King Mahānāga (Cv.xlii.24) (see Mahānāga 16). Jetthatissa III. assigned the villages of Mātulangana and Odumbarangana to the padhānaghara there. Cv.xliv.98.

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