[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.c12.637 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.637 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.637 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.637](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.637) 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. - [Previous: v1.c12.636](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.636) - [Next: v1.c12.638](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.638) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.637](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.637) · Pramāṇa