The refectory is located to the east of the Mahāthūpa. The monks would have taken the donated cooked rice from this long and deep stone trough (depicted on the left side of this image), which has been estimated to hold sufficient rice for 3,800 so-called "begging" (alms) bowls of the monks.
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