[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.c33.155 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.155 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c33.155 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.155) Ratanapāsāda.—A building in the Abhayagiri-vihāra, erected by King Kaṇiṭṭhatissa for Mahānāga Thera.¹ Mahinda II. evidently rebuilt it at a cost of three hundred thousand kahāpaṇas, and installed in it a Buddha-image worth sixty thousand. At the dedication festival, the king offered his whole kingdom to the image.² Mahinda III. gave the revenue from the Geṭhumba Canal for the repairs of the pāsāda.³ In the reign of Sena I. the Pāṇḍiyas, who invaded Ceylon, plundered the pāsāda and removed the jewels from the eyes of the image.⁴ Sena II. found the image itself removed from its pedestal and taken to Madhurā, and, after his victory over the Pāṇḍiyas, he had it restored.⁵ When the people rose in rebellion against Udaya III., he took refuge in the Ratanapāsāda with his colleagues, but the people surrounded the building and they were forced to flee.⁶ - [Previous: v2.c33.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.154) - [Next: v2.c33.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.156) - [Up: v2.c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.155) · Pramāṇa