[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.c36.168 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.168 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.168 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.168) It is Sakka’s special duty to protect the religion of the Buddha in Ceylon. As the Buddha lay dying, he enjoined on Sakka the task of looking after Vijaya and his successors. This duty Sakka, in turn, entrusted to the god Uppalavaṇṇa.⁷⁰ Sakka informed Mahinda of the right moment for his visit to Ceylon.⁷¹ When Devānaṃpiyatissa wished for relics to place in the Thūpārāma-Thūpa, Sumana-sāmaṇera visited Sakka and obtained from him the right collar-bone of the Buddha, which Sakka had placed in the Cuḷāmaṇi-cetiya.⁷² Again, when Duṭṭhagāmaṇi was in need of building materials for the Mahā Thūpa, it was Sakka who supplied them.⁷³ On the occasion of the enshrining of the relics in the Mahā Thūpa, Sakka gave orders to Vissakamma to decorate the whole of Ceylon. He also provided the throne and casket of gold for the relics brought from the Nāgā-world by Soṇuttara and was himself present at the festival, blowing his conch-shell.⁷⁴ - [Previous: v2.c36.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.167) - [Next: v2.c36.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.169) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa.7.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.168) · Pramāṇa