A general of Parakkamabāhu I. He was originally the Daṇḍādhināyaka (? general) of Gajabāhu, but Parakkamabāhu won him over and put him in charge of the conquest of the Malaya country. He accomplished this with the help of his younger brother, after fighting many battles and subduing the chiefs of the various districts (Cv.lxx.5 ff). The king thereupon conferred on him the rank of Kesadhātu. Later, he subdued the district of Merukandara and was sent against the Mahālekha Mahinda, whom he defeated at Sarogāmatittha. He was associated with Nagaragiri Nātha in the fight against Mānābharaṇa near Badaravallī. After this he is referred to as Adhikārī Rakkha, and the war against Mānābharaṇa seems to have been chiefly in his charge. He was in command of the army at Maṅgalabegāma and Mihiranabibbila, and decisively defeated Mānābharaṇa’s general, Buddhanāyaka at Rajatakedāra. Later, when Queen Sugalā raised a revolt in Rohaṇa, it was Rakkha who was sent to crush it. He was by now commander-in-chief, and was helped in the subjugation of Rohaṇa by the general Bhūta. They fought a battle at Lokagalla and advanced to Majjhimagāma and occupied Uddhanadvāra, where Rakkha was helped by the two Kittis, the Adhikāri and the Jīvapotthakī. From there they marched to Mahārīvara, and at Badaguṇa crushed Sugalā’s forces, thus gaining possession of the Sacred Bowl and the Sacred Tooth which these forces were carrying. In a last onslaught at Dematavala, Rakkha put the enemy to flight and marched on to Sappanārukokilla, where he died of an attack of dysentery. Cv.lxx. 5, 15, 19, 282, 295; lxxii.2 ff., 107, 160, 207, 232, 265 ff; lxxiv. 41 ff. 55, 72 ff., 111 ff., 136 ff.