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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.236

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.236

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### [v1.c18.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.236)

\*\*Jayamahālekhaka.\*\*—A rank conferred by \*\*Devānampiyatissa\*\* on \*\*Sumitta\*\*, who accompanied the Sacred Bodhi-tree to \*\*Anurādhapura\*\*.¹ The rank was evidently held by his descendants in perpetuity.²

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