A king of Sri Lanka, son of Muṭasīva and brother of Uttiya, who reigned ten years and built a monastery for the Thera Bhaddasāla.

A monk and teacher of eighteen groups of pupils in Mahāgāma who, prompted by a pupil’s blunt question about death, strove for thirty years and finally attained Arahantship.

A renowned commentator, also called Dīghabhāṇaka Mahāsīva, whose interpretations are cited with respect throughout the Pali commentaries.

An incumbent monk of Bhātiyavaṅka during Duṭṭhagāmaṇī’s reign, who saw two former labourers reborn as devatās offering flowers at the Mahā Thūpa.

An incumbent monk of Nigrodhapiṭṭhi, expert in the scriptures, who convinced King Vasabha of the splendour of the Mahā Thūpa’s Relic Chamber and received great royal honours.

A monk noted as an eminent teacher of the Vinaya, possibly identical with one of the other monks of the same name.

A monk for whom King Aggabodhi I built a monastic residence and the Kurunda monastery with a reservoir and coconut grove.

A monk of Piyaṅgudīpa; see the entry on Mahāsena.