Karaganga, Kāragaṅgā, Kara-ganga: 2 definitions




In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A river in Ceylon. It was dammed between the hills with a great barrier by Parakkamabahu I., and its waters were conveyed by a canal, the Akasaganga, to form the Parakkamasamudda (q.v.) (Cv.lxxix.24). Another canal, the Godavari, is mentioned as branching off from the Karaganga and flowing into the Parakkamasagara (Cv.v.57).

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India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963

Kāragaṅgā is the name of an ancient river that existed in the Polonnaruva (Polonnaruwa) district of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—The Sinhalese Chronicles say that Mahāsena dammed the Kāra-Gaṅgā and brought the water to Miṇṇeriya tank along the Talavatu canal. The Kāra-Gaṅgā is mentioned in the Pali Chronicles much later: Parakkamabāhu I (1153-1186) dammed it and conveyed water along the Ākāsa-Gaṅgā (present Aṅgamadilla-ala) to Parakkamasamudda at Polonnaruva.

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