Potthakuttha
A Damiḷa in the service of Aggobodhi IV. He erected and endowed the MÄtambiyapadhÄnaghara, and built houses in the KuppurÄ parivepa, the Kurundapillaka vihÄra and the MahÄrÄjaghara. Whem the king died, he administered the kingdom, threw the sub king DÄthÄsiva into prison and set Datta of Dhanapitthi on the throne. When Datta died, Potthakuttha had HatthadÄtha crowned king. Later, when MÄnavamma rebelled against him, he ate poisoned food, provided by his friend, the chief of Merukandara, and died. Cv.xlvi.19, 39, 44; xlvii.55, 61.
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