[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.c34.129 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.129 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c34.129 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.129) The Lambakaṇṇas were evidently a powerful clan, and several members of the clan ruled as kings of Ceylon—e.g., Vasabha, Saṅghatissa, Saṅghabodhi and Gothābhaya, the last three of whom came from Mahiyaṅgaṇa and seized the throne from Vijayakumāra.³ Between the reign of Kittisirimegha and the Coḷiyan conquest in 1017 A.C.—i.e., between the third and the eleventh centuries—out of thirty-six kings who occupied the throne of Ceylon the majority belonged to either the Moriyā or the Lambakaṇṇā. A clan of Lambakaṇṇas lived also in South India in the twelfth century. When Laṅkāpura, acting under the orders of Parakkamabāhu I., crowned Vīrapaṇḍu as king of Paṇḍu, three Lambakaṇṇa chiefs were asked to carry out "the duties of the Lambakaṇṇas" (\*Lambakaṇṇadhuram\*).⁴ - [Previous: v2.c34.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.128) - [Next: v2.c34.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.130) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.129) · Pramāṇa