A mountain occupied for some time by Pandukābhaya during his campaign against his uncle.
It was in the neighbourhood of this mountain that Pandukābhaya met und married Suvannapāli (Mhv.x.28ff).
The district around it was called Girikanda-desa, und this was later given by Pandukābhaya to his father-in-law, Girikandasiva (Mhv.x.82).