Asela
Personアヌラーダプラ王(前155–145年)、デーヴァーナンピヤティッサの末弟で、タミルの簒奪者セーナとグッタカを破ったが、後にエーラーラに征服された
Son of Muṭasiva, and youngest brother of Devānampiyatissa. When the two Damiḷā, Sena and Guttaka, conquered Sūratissa and captured the throne, Asela defeated them and reigned in Anurādhapura for ten years (155-145 B.C.). (Mhv.xxi.11; Cv.lxxxii.20; Epy. Zeyl. iii., Introd., p.5, n.1). He was ultimately conquered by Eḷāra (Mhv.xxi.13).
Asela was one of nine brothers, the others being Abhaya, Devānampiyatissa, Uttiya, Mahāsīva, Mahānāga, Mattābhaya, Sūratissa and Kīra (MT. 425).
He built a cetiya in the Asokamālaka (MT. 358).
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