King of Sri Lanka (Sena I, 831-51 A.C.) He was the younger brother and the successor of Aggabodhi IX. He had three younger brothers: Mahinda, Kassapa and Udaya. His queen was Saṅghā. During his reign the Paṇḍu king invaded Sri Lanka, and Sena had to retire into the Malaya district. After the army of the Paṇḍu king had plundered a great part of the kingdom, Sena made a treaty with him and re-gained his throne. He adopted the three sons and the three daughters of Kittaggabodhi: Kassapa, Sena and Udaya, and Saṅghā, Tissā, and Kitti. Among the king’s good acts was the construction of a monastery on Ariṭṭhapabbata for the Paṃsukūlikā, and a many storeyed pāsāda in Jetavana. He also built the Vīraṅkurārāma, the Pubbārāma, Saṅghasena-pariveṇa, Senaggabodhi-vihāra, a refectory in the Mahāmettapabbata-vihāra, and single cells in the Kappūra and Uttarālha-parivenas. He completed the Dappulapabbata° and the Kassaparājaka-vihāras. Among Sena’s ministers were Bhadda (the senāpati), Uttara, Vajira and Rakkhasa. His capital was in Pulatthinagara (Cv.l.1 ff). He was also known as Silāmegha (Cv.l.43).