Pāli Dictionary

Sena8

Person

Le roi Sena V du Sri Lanka, fils de Mahinda IV et d’une princesse de Kāliṅga, monté sur le trône à douze ans, contraint de fuir son propre général homonyme avant de faire la paix avec lui, et mort d’un excès de boisson.

Son of Mahinda IV and king of Sri Lanka (Sena V 972-81 A.C.). His mother was a Kāliṅga princess. He came to the throne at the age of twelve. His senāpati was also called Sena (see Sena 7), and for some time the king had to live in Rohaṇa from fear of Sena. However, later he made peace, and married Sena’s daughter and had a son, Kassapa. The king drank much, and died of digestive trouble in the tenth year of his reign. Cv.liv.57-72.

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