Puradeva untranslated

Puradeva. A god, evidently the tutelary deity of Anurādhapura. There was a shrine erected to him within the precincts of the Mahā Vihāra. Near this shrine a battle took place between Duṭṭhagāmaṇī and Bhalluka. Kaṇḍula considered it a lucky spot and led Duṭṭhagāmaṇī’s forces up to it (Mhv.xxv.87).

The shrine was to the north of the Mahā Susāna. Mhv­ṭ. 486.