[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) › v2.c30.373 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.373 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.373 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.373) \*\*Bhātikābhaya.\*\*—Also called \*\*Bhātika\*\* or \*\*Bhātiya\*\*. Son of \*\*Kuṭakaṇṇa-tissa\*\* and king of Ceylon for twenty-eight years (38-66 A.C.). He was called \*\*Bhātika\*\* or \*\*Bhātiya\*\* because he was the elder brother of \*\*Mahādāthika Mahānāga\*\*. He was very pious, and once had the whole of the \*\*Mahā-Thūpa\*\* covered with sandalwood paste in which were embedded sweet-smelling flowers. On another occasion he covered the whole thūpa with flowers and sprinkled them with water drawn by machines from the \*\*Abhaya-vāpi\*\*. He made a plaster covering for the \*\*Mahā-Thūpa\*\* into which were mixed many cartloads of pearls. A net of coral was made and thrown over the cetiya, and in its meshes were fastened lotus-flowers of gold, as large as waggon-wheels. One day the king heard the sound of the chanting of arahants in the relic-chamber of the \*\*Mahā-Thūpa\*\*, and he lay down resolving not to rise until he had seen them. The theras made a door by which he could enter, and, having seen the glories of the chamber, he described them for the benefit of the people, making figures in illustration of his descriptions. \*\*Bhātikābhaya\*\* did many other works of merit, held \*\*Vesākha\*\*-festivals, organized offerings for the Bodhi-tree, and showed great hospitality to the monks at various places. He was succeeded by his brother Mahādāṭhika-Mahānāga.¹ - [Previous: v2.c30.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.372) - [Next: v2.c30.374](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.374) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.373) · Pramāṇa