[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.c6.3518 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3518 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3518 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3518) The Chronicles state that Asoka and Devanampiya Tissa of Ceylon had been friends—though they had never seen each other—even before Mahinda’s mission to Ceylon. Tissa had sent him, as a friendly gesture, various gifts, and Asoka had returned the courtesy. He sent an embassy of his chosen ministers, bearing gifts marvellous in splendour, that Tissa might go through a second coronation ceremony, and the messengers were directed to give this special message to the king: “I have taken refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Saṅgha and declared myself a follower of the religion of the Sākyaputta. Seek then, even thou, oh best of men, converting thy mind with believing heart, refuge in these best of gems.”²⁷ - [Previous: v1.c6.3517](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3517) - [Next: v1.c6.3519](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3519) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3518) · Pramāṇa