Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
Dvādasasahassaka
Dvādasasahassaka:A district in Rohana,the modern Giruvā-pattu. The meaning of the name is the province of the twelve thousand villages (Cv.lxi.22; lxxv.160,166; Cv.Trs.i.227,n.2).