Ojadīpa

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).

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