[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.c12.365 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.365 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.365 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.365) 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 - [Previous: v1.c12.364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.364) - [Next: v1.c12.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.366) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.365) · Pramāṇa