Sīhalasaṅgha
PersonA monastic fraternity founded in Pagan by Chapaṭa (Saddhammajotipāla) and his four companions — Rāhula, Ānanda, Sīvalī, and Tāmalinda — which first enjoyed royal patronage before splitting into four branches, each following one of the elders who had come from Sri Lanka.
A sect founded in Pagan by Chapaṭa (Saddhammajotipāla) and his four companions: Rāhula, Ānanda, Sīvalī, and Tāmalinda.
It first enjoyed the patronage of King Narapatisithu, but later the sect split into four sections, each following one of the four elders who had come from Sri Lanka. Sās.65, 66; Bode, op.cit., 19, 23 f.
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