[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.c36.3247 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3247 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.3247 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.3247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3247) Sīhabāhu.—Father of Vijaya. According to legend, his father was a lion and his mother a princess of Vaṅga (see Susīmā). His hands and feet were like a lion's paws. He had a sister, Sīhasīvalī. When he was sixteen he escaped with his mother and sister and arrived in the capital of Vaṅga. Later he killed his father for a reward and was offered the throne of Vaṅga. He refused this and founded a city, Sīhapura, in his native country of Lāḷa, and there lived with Sīhasīvalī, whom he made his consort. They had thirty-two children, of whom Vijaya was the eldest and Sumitta the second.¹ - [Previous: v2.c36.3246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3246) - [Next: v2.c36.3248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3248) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3247) · Pramāṇa