Anu-rādha, as, ā, am, causing welfare; see anū-rādha; born under the asterism Anurādhā; (ā), f. the seventeenth of the twenty-eight Nakṣatras or lunar mansion, a constellation described as a row of oblation. —Anurādha-grāma, as, m. or anu-rādha-pura, am, n. the ancient capital of Ceylon founded by a man named Anurādha.
anurādhaa.1 Causing welfare; also written as anūrādha; iṃdraṃ vayamanūrādhaṃ havāmahe Av. 2 Born under the asterism anurādhā P. IV. 3. 34. —dhā [anugatā rādhāṃviśākhāṃ] N. of the 17th of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms (so called because it follows rādhā or viśākhā). It (pb) consists of four stars. Comp.—grāmaḥ, —puraṃ the ancient capital of Laṅkā or Ceylon; also called anurodhapura, described by Rājaśekhara as full of curiosities. It is a large town in the north of Ceylon “with 1600 square granite pillars which supported the floor of an enormous monastery called ‘The Great Brazen Palace’ said to have been built in 161 B. C.”
anurādhaa.1 Causing welfare; also written as anūrādha; indraṃ vayamanūrādhaṃ havāmahe Av. -2 Born under the asterism anurādhā P.IV.3.34. -dhaḥ N. of a Buddhist. -dhā [anugatā rādhāṃ viśākhām |] N. of the 17th of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms (so called because it follows rādhā or viśākhā). It consists of four stars. -Comp. -grāmaḥ, -puram the ancient capital of Laṅkā or Ceylon; founded by anurādha. Also called anurodhapura, described by Rājaśekhara as full of curiosities. It is a large town in the north of Ceylon "with 1600 square granite pillars which supported the floor of an enormous monastery called 'The Great Brazen Palace' said to have been built in 161 B. C."
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