Mihintale Mihintale (ancient Cetiyapabbata , Seygiri or Segiri Vihara ) (Sinhala: මිහින්තලය; Tamil:மிகிந்தலை) is a Buddhist monastery site situated in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. Mihintale Rock & the name Mihintale rock has been identified with ancient Missaka-pabbata (Missakapawwa), called afterwards
Cetiya-pabbata/Cetiyagiri (Sinhala: Seygiri or Segiri) and Ambatthala (Wickremasinghe, 1912). The
name Cetiyapabbata means the "Mountain of Stupas " and it has come into parlance because of the large number of Stupas that have been built at various levels of the rock
(Nicholas, 1963; Wikramagamage, 2004). Mihintale is said to be the only
monastery having the largest number of Stupas in the country
(Wikramagamage, 2004). Mihintale is the present name used to identify this site. It roughly means the "Plateau of Mahinda" and is said to have been derived from the name of Arhat Mahinda Thera (Jayasuriya, 2016). A Later Brahmi Rock Inscription discovered from Mihintale has …
