Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1378

v1.c12.1378

But at the start Kākavaṇṇa-Tissa was very reluctant to allow his son to make preparations for such a campaign,⁴ so much that, in exasperation, the young prince once sent his father some female ornaments to indicate that the king was no man.⁵ Kākavaṇṇa-Tissa was very pious, and is said to have built sixty-four vihāras, sixty-four years being also the length of his reign.⁶ Among the religious edifices built by him were the Tissamahārāma, the Cittalapabbata-vihāra⁷ and the Mahānuggala Cetiya. He was cremated at Tissamahārāma.⁸ He evidently received his name on account of his dark colour. The Dīpavamsa⁹ speaks of Kākavaṇṇa-Tissa’s daughters as having been proficient in the history of the Religion (saddhammavaṃsakovida).