Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4935
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4935
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v2.c36.4935
10. Sena Ilaṅga.—Senāpati of Kassapa IV. He was of royal lineage. He built a dwelling for the monks to the west of the Thūpārāma. He also founded the Dhammārāma-vihāra and Hadayauṇha-vihāra for the Dhammarucikas and Kassapasena for the Sāgalikas. For forest-dwelling ascetics he built a hut on Rattamālapabbata. For the Pamsukulikas he built the Samuddagiri-pariveṇa in the Mahāvihāra, and for the bhikkhuṇīs the Tissārāma. He erected hospitals in Anurādhapura and Pulatthipura, against the upasagga disease.¹