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Āriyacakkavatti

Person

潘地亚(Pāṇḍu)王国的一位泰米尔将领,在斯里兰卡饥荒期间入侵,攻陷都城苏跋耆利并夺取佛牙舍利及相关珍宝献给其王俱罗塞加罗。

A Damiḷa general who came with a large army from the Paṇḍu kingdom and landed in Sri Lanka during the famine in the reign of Bhuvanekabāhu I. We are told that though he was no “Ariya” he was a dignitary of great power. He laid waste the kingdom and entered the capital Subhagiri. There he seized the Tooth Relic and the costly treasures which were kept with it and took them back to King Kulasekhara.

Cv.xc.43-7. Kulasekhara reigned 1268-1308. His general Āriyacakkavatti is mentioned in a South Indian Inscription (No.110, in the Annual Report of Epigraphy, Southern Circle, Madras, 1903).

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