1. Thullakotthita.-A township in the Kuru country. It was the birthplace of Ratthapāla, and it was there that the Buddha stayed during a tour among the Kurus (M.ii.54; ThagA.ii.30; AA.i.144). It received its name from the fact of its granaries being always full (thullakottham, paripunnakotthāgāram). It had plenteous crops. MA.ii.722; also Avadāna S.ii.118.


2. Thullakotthita.-A city in the time of Nārada Buddha, who preached there to Bhaddasāla and Vijitamitta, afterwards appointed as his chief disciples. BuA.154.


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