Also called Mahālekha. He was an officer of Parakkamabāhu I and took part in the campaigns against Mānābharaṇa, being stationed at Maṅgalabegāma, at Pillaviṭṭhi. At this place he fought a battle, which lasted for eight days, against Buddhanāyaka and Mahāmāladeva, and brought the district of Kālavāpi under his power. Cv.lxxii.161, 170 ff., 182, 206.