Dīghasandana (°naka)
A Commander-in-chief of DevÄnampiyatissa. He built a little pÄsÄda “on eight pillars†for Mahinda, which became known as DÄ«ghasandasenÄpati-pariveṇa (Mhv.xv.212f; also Cv.xxxviii.16), and is famous as the residence of MahÄnÄma, author of the MahÄvaṃsa (MT.502). According to the MahÄvaṃsa ṬīkÄ (p.289), DÄ«ghasandaka was so called because he wore a long robe (dÄ«ghasÄttakaṃ nivÄsesÄ«ti DÄ«ghasandako), and the original name of the pariveṇa built by him was CūḷapÄsÄda.
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