[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.c36.4832 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4832 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4832 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4832](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4832) \*\*Sūratissa.\*\*—King of Ceylon (187-177 B.C.). He was the younger brother and successor of Mahāsiva. He built five hundred vihāras, including the Nagaraṅgana, Hatthikkhandha, Goṇṇagirika, Pācīnapabbata, Kolambahālaka, Makulaka, Acchagallaka and Girinelavāhanaka. He died at the age of sixty, after being conquered by the Damiḷas Sena and Guttika. He was called Suvaṇṇapiṇḍatissa before his accession.¹ - [Previous: v2.c36.4831](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4831) - [Next: v2.c36.4833](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4833) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4832](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4832) · Pramāṇa