[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.c23.578 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.578 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.578 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.578) Dīghasandana (Dīghasandanaka).—A Commander-in-chief of Devānampiyatissa. He built a little pāsāda "on eight pillars" for Mahinda, which became known as Dīghasandanāpati-pariveṇa,¹ and is famous as the residence of Mahānāma, author of the Mahāvamsa.² According to the Mahāvamsa Ṭīkā,³ Dīghasandaka was so called because he wore a long robe (dīghasāṭakaṃ nivāsesīti Dīghasandako), and the original name of the pariveṇa built by him was Cūḷapāsāda. - [Previous: v1.c23.577](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.577) - [Next: v1.c23.579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.579) - [Up: v1.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.578) · Pramāṇa