Pāli Dictionary

Kuñcanāga

Person

Also known as Kuñjanāga

カニッタ・ティッサの息子であるスリランカの王で、王位を得るために兄クッジャナーガを殺害し、エーカナーリカの飢饉の間も慈善事業を続け、後にシリナーガによって廃位された。

Son of Kaniṭṭha-Tissa and king of Sri Lanka (246-8 A.C.) He slew his elder brother Khujjanāga.

During his reign occurred the Ekanālika famine, but the king maintained his benefactions uninterrupted.

He was deposed by Sirināga. Mhv.xxxvi.19 ff; Dpv.xxii.33.

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