(භද්ර අශ්ව), the eastern f the four great islands of which the habitable world is said to consist or, according to another system, the eastern of the nine divisions of that island
name of one of the nine sons of Agn&imacr
dhara, to which son that territory was originally assigned.
Carter, Charles. A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Colombo: The "Ceylon Observer" Printing Works; London: Probsthain & Co., 1924.