[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.c7.644 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.644 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.644 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.644](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.644) Āyasmanta.—A general of King Sāhasamalla. Āyasmanta deposed the king and installed Kalyāṇavatī, chief queen of Kittinissaṅka, on the throne of Ceylon. It was he who really administered the government, the queen’s power being only nominal. The Cūḷavaṃsa calls him a man of almost unsurpassable courage, a descendant of the Khaṇdhāvara family. He slew the Adhikārin Deva and had a vihāra erected at Valliggāma. He also built a pariveṇa called after him Sarājakulavaḍḍhana (this evidently being one of his honorific titles) and gave land and other possessions for its maintenance. He had a text-book of law compiled for the use of administrators. - [Previous: v1.c7.643](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.643) - [Next: v1.c7.645](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.645) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.644](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.644) · Pramāṇa