Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.489

v2.c36.489

Saṅghabodhi.—A Lambakaṇṇa, king of Ceylon (307-9 A.C.), generally called Sirisaṅghabodhi. He succeeded Saṅghatissa and set up a salākā- house in the Mahāvihāra. He was a very good king, and made rain fall by virtue of his goodness. He quelled the Yakkha Rattakkhi, who devastated his territory. When his treasurer, Goṭhakābhaya, rose in revolt, he abdicated in his favour and became an ascetic. Later, he gave his head in gratitude to a poor man who gave him a meal, so that the man could win from the king the price which had been set on his head.¹