Devanagara
Devanagara：Also called Devapura．A town at the southern point of Ceylon，the modern Dondra．An old vihāra，repaired by Vijayabāhu I.，existed there （Cv.lx.59）．Devanagara is mentioned in the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I．as a scene of conflict （Cv.lxxv.47）．There was a temple at Devanagara built （by Dappulasena acc．to the Sinhalese poem Pārākumbā-Sirita） in honour of the god Uppalavanna．Here Vīrabāhu celebrated a sacrifice after his victory over the Jāvakas （Cv.lxxxiii.49）．Parakkamabāhu II．found the shrine in great decay and rebuilt it with great splendour，and inaugurated a festival which is celebrated every year，even up to the present day，in the month of āsālha （Cv.lxxxv.85）．Parakkamabāhu IV．built a long-shaped temple of two storeys for the recumbent image of the Buddha，which is found in the vihāra （Cv.xc.94）.