Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.16

v2.c33.16

4. Rakkha, called Damiḷādhikāri.—He was an officer of Parakkamabāhu I, and was one of those chiefly responsible for the subjugation of Rohaṇa. He fought battles at Doṇivagga, Guralatthakalañcha, Pūgadaṇḍakāvāṭa, Bodhiāvāṭa, Bhinnālavanāgāma and several other places, and inflicted severe defeats on the rebel forces, dealing them a severe blow at Mahāsenagāma, where Laṅkāpura Rakkha was killed. This enabled him to take possession of Mahānāgahula. In order to bring the province completely under his control he had to fight further at Bakagalla-Uddhavāpi, Saṅghabhedakagāma, Kuravakagalla and Mahāpabbata, and he thus won full possession of Dvādasasahassaka, where he seems to have spent the rest of his days.¹