Parakkasamudda

1. Parakkasamudda. A tank built by Parakkamabāhu I., by the enlargement of the Pandavāpī. Cv.lxviii.40.

2. Pamkkamasamudda. A tank built by Parakkamabāhu I. and attached to the river system of the Kāragangā. It was, probably, in the neighbourhood of Pulatthipura and had many canals branching off: the Gambhīra, Hemavatī, Nīlavāhinī, Salalavatī, Vettavatī, Mangalagangā and Campā; and contained many sluices: Makara, Mālatīpuppha, Vettavatī, Dakkhinā, Mangala and Candī. The canal connecting it with the Kāragangā was called the ākāsagangā. Cv.lxxix.26f., 40ff.; see also Cv.Trs.ii.117, n.5.

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