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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2507

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2507

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### [v1.c12.2507](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2507)

Kumāradhātusena (Kumāradāsa).—Son of Moggallāna I. and king of Ceylon (513-522 A.D.). His son was Kittisena.¹ Tradition tells of his friendship with a poet Kālidāsa. The authorship of the Jānakīharaṇa is generally ascribed to him.²

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