Younger brother of Sena V. He succeeded Sena as Mahinda V and ruled for ten years at Anurādhapura under great difficulties. He was weak and powerless, and the Kerala soldiers in his employ mutinied for better salaries. Mahinda escaped to Rohaṇa by means of an underground passage, and lived at Sīdupabbatagāma with his brother’s wife as queen, later marrying his brother’s daughter. Their son was Kassapa, and afterwards they lived in Kappagallaka. In the thirty-sixth year of Mahinda’s reign, the Coḷā, taking advantage of the discontent in Sri Lanka, invaded the country, capturing the king, the queen, and all the royal regalia. They ruled for many years with Pulatthinagara as base, and Mahinda died in Coḷa after a captivity lasting for twelve years (Cv.iv.1 ff). Lokitā and Devalā were his maternal cousins. Cv.lvii.27.