Re: White elephants; Lampang at last

--- In palistudy@yahoogroups.com, "navako" <navako@...> wrote:
>
>
> > The Abhayagiri appears to be a hill or mountain
> > in or near the town of Pegu.
>
> The one thought that has come to my mind in the course of this:
> "Why assume that 'Abhayagiri' is a literal mountain?"  Given that it
is the
> name of an orthodox lineage, etc., it seems to me more likely that
the
> references are simply to a place (such as a temple or sima-ground)
> associated with the "Abhayagiri" orthodoxy. 
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Dear E.M.
In the Pali texts the word Abhayagiri is usually used for a NON-
orthodox sect in Sri lanka.
Robertk