[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.c34.55 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.55 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c34.55 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.55) \*\*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.\*" - [Previous: v2.c34.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.54) - [Next: v2.c34.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.56) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c34.55) · Pramāṇa