Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2649

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2. *Māna.—Eldest son of Kassapa II.¹ His full name was Mānavamma. He was very young when his father died, and, when the government fell into the hands of Dappula I. and later of Dāṭhopatissa II., he left Uttaradesa, where he was living in retirement with his wife Saṅghā, and went to Jambudīpa, there to take service under the Pallava king, Narasiha.² He won the king’s favour and very loyally helped him to defeat the Vallabha king. He then raised an army with the help of Narasiha, landed in Ceylon, and recovered the kingdom from Dāṭhopatissa. But later his army deserted him on hearing tidings of Narasiha’s illness and Māna returned once more to Jambudīpa. Some time after he came again to Ceylon with a large army and defeated Hatthadāṭha, the reigning king, and his general Potthakuṭṭha. In the confusion which followed, Hatthadāṭha was killed and Potthakuṭṭha was poisoned at Merukandara. Māna thereupon became king and did many acts of merit, including the erection of the Padhānarakkha- and the Sirisaṅhabodhi-vihāras, also the Sepaṇṇi- and Sirī-pāsādas. Māna was a supporter of the Pamsukūlins.³