Kuá¹akaṇṇatissa
v.l. Kuá¹ikaṇṇatissa. Second son of MahÄcÅ«li and king of Sri Lanka (16-38 A.C.). He had entered the Order through fear of the infamous AnulÄ, but later he led an army against her and slew her. He founded the PelagÄma-vihÄra, built the Vaṇṇaka canal, and laid out the Padumassara park. He founded, for his mother, a nunnery called the Dantageha. He had also constructed a wall, seven cubits high, round AnurÄdhapura. BhÄtikÄbhaya was his son and successor (Mhv.xxxiv.28ff). The DÄ«pavaṃsa (Dpv.xviii.37; but see xx.31, where he is called Tissa and his son NÄga) appears to call him Kuá¹ikaṇṇa-Abhaya, and speaks of him as a very devoted supporter of the nuns.
Kuá¹akaṇṇa had a horse of the Ä€jÄnÄ«ya race called Gulavaṇṇa (SA.i.27; MA.ii.654).
Two theras are mentioned in the Vibhaá¹…ga Commentary (VibhA.452) as having been held in special esteem by the king — Cūḷasudhamma Thera of GirigÄmakaṇṇa and Tipiá¹aka-CūḷanÄga Thera.
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