[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.c36.4916 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4916 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4916 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4916](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4916) 1. \*\*Sena.\*\*—King of Ceylon (Sena I., 831-51 A.C.). He was the younger brother and the successor of Aggabodhi IX. He had three younger brothers: Mahinda, Kassapa and Udaya. His queen was Saṅghā. During his reign the Paṇḍu king invaded Ceylon, and Sena had to retire into the Malaya district. After the army of the Paṇḍu king had plundered a great part of the kingdom, Sena made a treaty with him and regained his throne. He adopted the three sons and the three daughters of Kittaggabodhi: Kassapa, Sena and Udaya, and Saṅghā, Tissā and Kitti. Among the king’s good acts was the construction of a monastery on Ariṭṭhapabbata for the Pamsukulikas, and a many-storeyed \*pāsāda\* in Jetavana. He also built the Viraṅkurārāma, the Pubbārāma, Saṅghasena-pariveṇa, Senaggabodhi-vihāra, a refectory in the Mahāmetta-pabbata-vihāra, and single cells in the Kappūra- and Uttarāḷha-pariveṇas. He completed the Dappulapabbata- and the Kassaparājaka-vihāras. Among Sena’s ministers were Bhadda (the \*senāpati\*), Uttara, Vajira and Rakkhasa. His capital was in Pulatthinagara.¹ He was also known as Silāmegha.² - [Previous: v2.c36.4915](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4915) - [Next: v2.c36.4917](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4917) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4916](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4916) · Pramāṇa