Kaniṭṭha-Tissa
Personश्रीलंका के राजा (227–245 ई.), भातिकतिस्स के छोटे भाई, अभयगिरि में रतनपासाद सहित द्वीप भर में चैत्यों और विहारों के व्यापक धार्मिक निर्माण कार्यों के लिए स्मरणीय।
King of Sri Lanka (227-245 A.D.). He was the younger brother of Bhātikatissa. He built the Ratanapāsāda at Abhayagiri for Mahānāga of Bhūtārama, and he also built at Abhayagiri a wall, a great pariveṇa, and the Maṇisoma-vihāra. He built a cetiya at Ambatthala, restored the temple at Nāgadipa, and made the Kukkuṭagiri cells. Among his other works were fourteen pāsādas at the Mahāvihāra, a road to the Dakkhiṇa-vihāra, the Bhūtārāma-vihāra, the Rāmagonaka, the Nandatissa monastery, the Anulatissapabbata-vihāra, the Niyelatissārāma, the Pīlapiṭṭhi-vihāra, and the Rājamahā-vihāra.
He had two sons, Khujjanāga and Kuñcanāga (q.v.) Mhv.xxxvi.6 ff.
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