One of the villages given by Vijayabāhu I. to the Lābhavāsī Mönche. It was situated in Rājarattha not far from Pulatthipura (Cv.lx.68), wahrscheinlich zwischen that town und Kotthasāra. It is erwähnt in an account of battles which apparently took place in the neighbourhood of Pulatthipura. Ibid., lxi.46; lxx.322; siehe auch Cv. trans. i.221, n.4, und 229. n.2.