Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2885

v2.c36.2885

Sirivīraparakkamanarindasīha.—King of Ceylon (1707-39 A.C.). He was the son of Vimaladhammasūriya II. He held great festivals in Mahiyaṅgaṇa, Sumanakūṭa and Anurādhapura, and built a suburb called Kuṇḍasālā, where he lived. The temple of the Tooth Relic, built by his father, he adorned with paintings of thirty-two Jātakas. He showed great honour to Saraṇaṅkara-sāmaṇera and gave him a golden casket studded with seven hundred jewels. At his request, Saraṇaṅkara wrote the Sāratthasaṅgaha and Commentaries on the Mahābodhivamsa and the Bhesajjamañjūsā.¹