Pāli Dictionary

Sūratissa

Person

Un roi du Sri Lanka qui régna de 187 à 177 av. J.-C., fit construire cinq cents monastères, et fut finalement vaincu et tué par les envahisseurs damiḷa Sena et Guttika.

King of Sri Lanka (187-177 B.C.). He was the younger brother and successor of Mahāsiva. He built five hundred vihāras, including the Nagarangana, Hatthikkhandha, Gonnagirika, Pācīnapabbata, Kolambahālaka, Makulaka, Acchagallaka and Girinelavāhanaka. He died at the age of sixty, after being conquered by the Damiḷā Sena and Guttika. He was called Suvaṇṇapiṇḍatissa before his accession. Mhv.xxi.3 ff; Dpv.xviii.46 f; see also Acchagallika.

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