Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.423

v2.c34.423

**Khallāṭanāga** built thirty-two other pāsādas round the Lohapāsāda for its ornamentation,⁹ while **Bhātikābhaya** carried out various repairs to the building,¹⁰ and **Amandagāmaṇi** added an inner courtyard and a verandah (*ājira*).¹¹ **Sirināga I.** rebuilt it in five storeys,¹² **Abhayanāga** built a pavilion in the courtyard and **Goṭhābhaya** had the pillars renewed.¹³ He evidently started to rebuild the structure, because we are told¹⁴ that, after his death, his son **Jeṭṭhatissa** completed up to seven storeys the Lohapāsāda which had been left unfinished (*vippakata*) by his father. The building was worth one crore, and **Jeṭṭhatissa** offered to it a jewel worth sixty thousand, after which he renamed it **Maṇipāsāda**. Afterwards **Soṇa**, a minister of his brother, the renegade king **Mahānāma**, acting on the advice of heretical monks led by **Saṅghamitta**, destroyed the pāsāda and carried away its wealth to enrich **Abhayagiri-vihāra**.¹⁵