[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.1378 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1378 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1378 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.1378](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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). - [Previous: v1.c12.1377](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1377) - [Next: v1.c12.1379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1379) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1378](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1378) · Pramāṇa