数多くの成員が王となった、王の灌頂儀式に職務が結びついたスリランカの有力氏族で、かつて王の儀式的沐浴から除外されて反乱を起こしたことがある

A powerful clan of Sri Lanka, several of whose members became kings, whose duties were tied to royal consecration rites and who once rose in revolt after being excluded from a king’s ceremonial bath.