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  • 王位を奪うため兄カンダムカ・シーヴァを殺害したスリランカ王(西暦112–120年)であり、遊び半分で王の装束を着せていた自分そっくりの門番スバに、後に自らも殺害された。

  • A king of Sri Lanka (112–120 CE) who killed his brother Candamukha-Siva to seize the throne and was himself later slain by his look-alike gatekeeper Subha, whom he had amused himself by dressing as king.

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