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PersonA general who assassinated King Vijayabāhu IV and briefly seized the throne at Jambuddoni, only to be beheaded by the mercenary leader Ṭhakuraka after his troops refused him allegiance.
A general of Vijayabāhu IV. He slew Vijayabāhu and occupied the throne for a few days at Jambuddoni, but the Āriyakkhattayodhā mercenaries refused him their allegiance, and their leader, Ṭhakuraka, cut off his head as he sat on the throne. Cv.xc.2 ff.
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