Pāli Dictionary

Asela

Person

阿努拉达补罗国王(公元前155至145年在位),天爱帝须的幼弟,曾击败篡位的泰米尔人塞纳与古多迦,后被伊拉罗所灭。

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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