Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.232

v1.c8.232

Iḷanāga.—King of Ceylon (A.D. 93-102). He was the nephew of King Amaṇḍagāmaṇi Abhaya. Āmaṇḍa was succeeded by his son Cūḷābhaya and he by his younger sister Sīvalī. After Sīvalī had reigned for four months, Iḷanāga dethroned her and became king himself. In the first year of his reign he incurred the displeasure of the powerful Lambakaṇṇas and was deprived of his throne and taken captive. It is said that the king was rescued from prison by his state elephant and that he escaped to Rohaṇa. Three years later he gave battle to the Lambakaṇṇas at Kapallakkhaṇḍa and massacred most of them. He had the noses and toes of the rest cut off as punishment.