Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.787

v2.c31.787

Kassapa II. built a pāsāda in the vihāra and gave it to the Thera who, at one time, lived in Nāgasālā.⁶ Kassapa IV. entrusted the care of the Bodhi-tree at Maricavaṭṭi to the bhikkhunīs at the Tissārāma, which he built for them,⁷ while Kassapa V. restored the whole vihāra, gave it to the Theravādins and granted five hundred maintenance villages.⁸ Devā, mother of Sakkasenāpati, provided a diadem-jewel for the Buddha-image in the vihāra, also a halo, an umbrella and a garment.⁹ Dappula III. gave a maintenance village to the vihāra,¹⁰ while Mahinda IV. started to build in it a pāsāda called Candana, which does not seem to have been completed.¹¹ Parakkamabāhu I. found the thūpa destroyed by the Damiḷas and rebuilt it to the height of eighty cubits.¹²