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Parakkama2

Person

摩偷罗的一位般度国王,遭俱罗塞迦罗进攻时向斯里兰卡波罗迦摩巴忽一世求援,援军抵达前已与家人一同遇害,唯幼子韦罗般度逃过一劫。

A Paṇḍu king of Madhurā. When attacked by Kulasekhara, he appealed for assistance to Parakkamabāhu I of Sri Lanka. Parakkamabāhu sent an army under Laṅkāpura to help him, but by the time the Sinhalese forces arrived, Kulasekhara had slain the king and his family and seized Madhurā. Parakkama’s youngest son, who escaped death, was Vīrapaṇḍu (Cv.lxxvi.76 ff., 142, 193, 200). Parakkama was killed in the village of Tirimalakka. Ibid., lxxvii.52.

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