v.l. Kuṭikaṇṇatissa.– Second son of Mahācūḷa and king of Sri Lanka (16-38 A.C.). He had entered the Order through fear of the infamous Anulā, but later he led an army against her and slew her. He founded the Pelagāma-vihāra, built the Vaṇṇaka canal, and laid out the Padumassara park. He founded, for his mother, a nunnery called the Dantageha. He had also constructed a wall, seven cubits high, round Anurādhapura. Bhātikābhaya was his son and successor (Mhv.xxxiv.28 ff). The Dīpavaṃsa (Dpv.xviii.37; but see xx.31, where he is called Tissa and his son Nāga) appears to call him Kuṭikaṇṇa-Abhaya, and speaks of him as a very devoted supporter of the nuns.

Kuṭakaṇṇatissa had a thoroughbred horse (ājānīya) called Gulavaṇṇa (SA.i.27; MA.ii.654).

Two elders are mentioned in the Vibhaṅga Commentary (VibhA.452) as having been held in special esteem by the king — Cūḷasudhamma Thera of Girigāmakaṇṇa and Tipiṭaka Cūḷanāga Thera.