[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.c31.1496 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1496 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1496 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1496](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1496) 2. \*\*Mahānāga.\*\*—Son of \*\*Muṭasiva\*\* and viceroy of \*\*Devānampiyatissa.\*\* His wife was \*\*Anulā\*\*, for whose ordination \*\*Saṅghamittā\*\* came over from \*\*Jambudīpa.\*\*¹ His second wife was a foolish woman who tried to poison him in order to get the throne for her son. While he was building the \*\*Taraccha-tank\*\*, she sent him some mangoes, the top one of which, intended for him, was poisoned. But it was her son who ate the mango and died. \*\*Mahānāga\*\* thereupon went to \*\*Rohaṇa\*\*, where he founded the dynasty of that name at \*\*Mahāgāma.\*\* His son was \*\*Yaṭṭhālayaka-Tissa.\*\* \*\*Mahānāga\*\* built the \*\*Nāgamahā-vihāra\*\* and the \*\*Uddhakandara-vihāra.\*\*² - [Previous: v2.c31.1495](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1495) - [Next: v2.c31.1497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1497) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1496](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1496) · Pramāṇa