Cittarāja2
Person般度迦婆耶所禮敬的一位夜叉,獲賜阿婆耶水庫下游的居所,節慶之日更得坐於王側;《大史》稱其為曾救王一命的牧人質多的化身,但更可能即是前一位同名夜叉。
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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