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Kalyāṇavatī

The first queen-consort of Kittinissaṅka.

After the death of Sāhasamalla she carried on the government of Sri Lanka for six months (according to some six years, 1202‑1208 A.C.) with the help of her general, Ayasmanta.

She built a vihāra called the Kalyāṇavatī-vihāra in the village of Paṇṇasālaka. Cv.lxxx.34 ff; also Cv.Trs.ii.130, n.3.