Talaṅga, Talaṅgatissapabbata untranslated

Talaṅga, Talaṅgatissapabbata, Talaṅgaratissapabbata, Talaṅka, Tālaṅkara, Tālaṅganagara. A locality in Ceylon, perhaps in Piyaṅgudīpa. It is known chiefly as having been the residence of the Elder Dhammadinna. Mhv.xxxii.52; VbhA.389, 489; Vsm.392, 834.

It may be the place mentioned in the Saddhammasaṅgaha (p.88) as the residence of Mahā Dhammadinna, under the name of Talaṅgatissapabbata (elsewhere – Mhv­ṭ.606, n.2 – called Vālaṅgatissapabbata). There was a cave in it called Devarakkhitalena.

According to the Majjhima Commentary (i.149f), Talaṅgaratissapabbata was in Rohaṇa, and between it and Tissamahārāma lay the monasteries of Haṅkana and Cittalapabbata.