Cittarāja2
PersonA yakkha whom Paṇḍukābhaya honoured with a settlement below the Abhaya reservoir and a seat beside him on festival days, said in the Mahāvaṃsa to be an incarnation of the herdsman Citta who once saved the king’s life, though probably identical with the yakkha Cittarāja (1).
A yakkha whom Paṇḍukābhaya honoured by giving him a settlement at the lower end of the Abhaya reservoir. On festival days the yakkha occupied a seat beside the king. The Mahāvaṃsa (xi.4, 84, 87, 104) says that Citta-rāja was an incarnation of the herdsman Citta (7) who saved Paṇḍukābhaya’s life, but it is more likely that the Cittarāja mentioned here is identical with Cittarāja (1), and that the festival refers to the Kattika festival.
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