Upāsikāvihāra untranslated

Upāsikāvihāra. A nunnery in Anurādhapura, built by Devānampiyatissa, for the accommodation of Anulā and her followers, pending the arrival of Saṅghamittā (Mhv.xviii.12). Later, Saṅghamittā took up her residence there and it was enlarged by the addition of twelve buildings, three of which gained peculiar sanctity because in these were set up the mast, the rudder and the helm of the ship that had brought the Bodhi-tree to Ceylon, and these buildings were called, respectively, the Kūpayaṭṭhithapitaghara, the Piyaṭhapitaghara and the Arittaṭhapitaghara. Even when other sects arose, these twelve buildings were occupied by the Hatthāḷhaka (or orthodox) nuns. Mhv.xix.68ff; the Ṭīkā (p.408) says the houses were originally called Cūḷa Ganāgāra, Mahā Ganāgāra and Sirivaḍḍhāgāra.