여러 구성원이 왕이 된, 왕의 관정 의식에 직무가 결부된 스리랑카의 유력 씨족으로, 한때 왕의 의례적 목욕에서 배제된 후 반란을 일으켰다

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.