Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.365
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.365
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Kaṇirajānu Tissa.—King of Ceylon (A.D. 89-92). He slew his elder brother Amaṇḍagāmaṇi Abhaya and occupied the throne. He once gave judgment in a lawsuit concerning the *uposatha*-house in the Cetiyagiri vihāra, and sixty monks who were found guilty of treason against him were captured by his orders and flung into a cave called Kaṇira. Hence, probably, his name.¹