Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.55
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c34.55
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**Laṅkājayamahālekhaka.**—A title conferred by **Devānampiyatissa** on **Bodhigutta**, leader of the embassy which brought the Bodhi-tree from India to Ceylon. The title was a higher one than that of **Jayamahālekhaka**, which was conferred on **Sumitta.**¹ It was, evidently, continued in later times, because one of the officers of **Parakkamabāhu I.** was called **Laṅkāmahālāna**,² which appears to be a corruption of "*Laṅkāmahālekhakanāyaka.*"