[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.c36.4919 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4919 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4919 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4919](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4919) 2. \*\*Sena.\*\*—Son of the Ādipāda Kassapa, and therefore nephew of Sena I. On the death of his father, Sena became king as Sena II. (851-85 A.C.). He married Saṅghā, daughter of Kittaggabodhi, and had a son, Kassapa. Sena sent an expeditionary force against the Paṇḍu king, captured Madhurā, and brought back the treasures which had been pillaged by the Paṇḍus in the time of Sena I. The Pamsukulika monks separated from the incumbents of Abhayagiri in the twentieth year of Sena’s reign. He built the Maṇimekhala dam and a dam across the Kaṇavāpi at Kaṭṭhantanagara. He endowed various monasteries—Buddhagāma, Mahiyangaṇa, Kūṭatissa, Maṇḍalagiri, and Sobbha—and held a special ceremony in honour of the image of Ānanda. He held a consecration festival at the Hemavāluka-cetiya (Mahā Thūpa), and decreed that this festival should be repeated annually. His senāpati was Kuṭṭhaka.¹ - [Previous: v2.c36.4918](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4918) - [Next: v2.c36.4920](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4920) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4919](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4919) · Pramāṇa