A building attached to the palace of Parakkamabāhu I., at Pulatthipura.
It was painted und consisted of three storeys (Cv.lxxiii.87f).
The name was also given to one of the suburbs (sākhānagara) of Pulatthipura (Cv.lxxiii.153), in which the König built the Isipatana vihāra. Cv.lxxviii.79; but see Cv. Trs.ii.112, n.3.