Sūratissa
Person紀元前187年から177年まで在位し、五百の僧院を建立したが、最終的にダミラ族の侵略者セーナとグッティカに敗れて殺されたスリランカの王。
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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