[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.c31.372 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.372 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.372 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.372) 2. Maṇiakkhi, Maṇiakkhika.—A Nāga king of Kalyāṇi, maternal uncle of Mahodara. He came to take part in the battle between Mahodara and Cūḷodara, and having heard the Buddha preach on that occasion, begged him to visit his kingdom. The Buddha agreed, and, three years later, went to Kalyāṇi in the eighth year after the Enlightenment on the full-moon day of Vesākha. The Nāga entertained him and his five hundred monks on the spot where, later, the Kalyāṇi-cetiya was built.¹ - [Previous: v2.c31.371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.371) - [Next: v2.c31.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.373) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.372) · Pramāṇa