[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.c12.424 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.424 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.424 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.424](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.424) He grew up to be of great strength. When Duṭṭhagāmiṇī’s father died, his younger son, Tissa, took possession of the queen-mother and of Kaṇḍula, the state-elephant, and fled, but in the battle between the brothers, Kaṇḍula shook himself free from Tissa and went over to Duṭṭhagāmiṇī, whom he served to the end of his life. Kaṇḍula took a prominent part in the campaign against the Damiḷas, distinguishing himself particularly in the siege of Vijitapura.² In the single combat between Eḷāra and Duṭṭhagāmiṇī, Kaṇḍula attacked Eḷāra’s elephant, Mahāpabbata, and disabled him.³ It is said that once the warrior Nandhimitta seized Kaṇḍula by his tusks and forced him on to his haunches, and Kaṇḍula nursed a grudge against him until Nandhimitta rescued him from being crushed under a gate-tower which fell on him during his attack on Vijitapura.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c12.423](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.423) - [Next: v1.c12.425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.425) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.424](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.424) · Pramāṇa