Son of Mahallanāga and king of Sri Lanka for twenty-four years (203-227 A.C.)

He built a wall round the Mahāvihāra.

He erected the Gavaratissa° and Bhātikatissa-vihāras and built the Mahāmani reservoir, and also built an uposatha hall in the Thūpārāma.

He was succeeded by his younger brother, Kaṇiṭṭha-Tissa. Mhv.xxxvi.1 ff; Dpv.xxii.18, 20, 30, 31.