BhÄtikatissa
Son of MahallanÄga and king of Sri Lanka for twenty-four years (203 227 A.C.).
He built a wall round the MahÄ-vihÄra.
He erected the Gavaratissa- and BhÄtikatissa-vihÄras and built the MahÄmani reservoir, and also built an uposatha hall in the ThÅ«pÄrÄma.
He was succeeded by his younger brother, Kanitthakatissa. Mhv.xxxvi.1ff.; Dpv.xxii.18, 20, 30, 31.
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