Pāli Dictionary

Mahinda10

Person

Der jüngere Bruder und Vizekönig König Senas I. von Sri Lanka, der einen Aufstand Udayas niederschlug, sich aber selbst die Kehle durchschnitt, nachdem seine Truppen von einem einfallenden Pāṇḍu-König geschlagen worden waren.

Younger brother of Sena I and his viceroy. He quelled the rising of Udaya against the king, his brother. When the Paṇḍu king invaded Sri Lanka, Mahinda led an army against him, and, on the defeat of his forces, he cut his own throat. Cv.l. 6, 10, 21 ff.

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