Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2737
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2737
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v2.c36.2737
Sirikuḍḍa, Sirikūṭa.—Evidently another name for Mahānāma, king of Ceylon, who was Buddhaghosa’s patron. Buddhaghosa says, in the colophon to several of his works,¹ that he composed them in the monastery erected for him by the monarch Sirikuḍḍa (Sirikūṭa).