Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.637
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.637
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Kaṇiṭṭha-Tissa, Kaṇiṭṭha-Tissaka.—King of Ceylon (227-245 A.D.). He was the younger brother of Bhātika-Tissa. He built the Ratanapāsāda at Abhayagiri for Mahānāga of Bhūtārāma, and he also built at Abhayagiri a wall, a great pariveṇa, and the Maṇisoma-vihāra. He built a cetiya at Ambathala, restored the temple at Nāgadīpa, and made the Kukkuṭagiri cells. Among his other works were fourteen pāsādas at the Mahāvihāra, a road to the Dakkhiṇavihāra, the Bhūtārāma-vihāra, the Rāmagoṇaka, the Nandatissa monastery, the Anulatissa-pabbata-vihāra, the Niyelatissārāma, the Pilapiṭṭhi-vihāra, and the Rājamahā-vihāra.