[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.c31.1412 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1412 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1412 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1412) Mahādāṭhika-Mahānāga.—Younger brother of Bhātikābhaya and king of Ceylon for twelve years (67-79 A.C.). He made a courtyard of kiñcikkha-stones on plaster round the Mahā Thūpa, and built the Ambatthala-thūpa, making it firm at the risk of his own life. He placed chairs for the preachers in all the vihāras of Ceylon, and laid out the grounds round Cetiyagiri, holding a great celebration called the Giribhaṇḍapūjā (q.v.). From the Kadambanadī to Cetiyagiri he laid carpets for the comfort of pilgrims. He built the Maṇināgapabbata, the Kalanda, the Samudda, and the Cūḷānāgapabbata-Vihāras, and gave land for the use of monks in Pāsāṇadīpaka and Maṇḍavāpi Vihāras in gratitude for favours shown him by novices of these monasteries. He had two sons, Amaṇḍagāmaṇi Abhaya and Kaṇirajānutissa, both of whom succeeded to the throne.¹ He had a queen called Damiḷadevī (apparently a Tamil lady) who died young.² - [Previous: v2.c31.1411](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1411) - [Next: v2.c31.1413](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1413) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1412) · Pramāṇa