Goṭhakābhaya untranslated

Goṭhakābhaya 01. Goṭhābhaya. A king of the Rohaṇa dynasty; son of Yaṭṭhālayakatissa and father of Kākavaṇṇatissa (Mhv.xv.170; xxii.11). He is sometimes called Abhaya, e.g., Mhv.xxiii.10, 56.

Goṭhakābhaya 02. King of Ceylon (302-15 CE.). He was a Lambakaṇṇa of Mahiyaṅgaṇa, and having gone to Anurādhapura with Saṅghatissa and Saṅghabodhi, he, with their help, slew the reigning king, Vijaya, and they reigned in succession (Mhv.xxxvi.58). Goṭhakābhaya became Saṅghabodhi’s treasurer but, seeing the king’s weakness, he led a rebellion against him and captured the throne (vv.91, 98-117; for details see Saṅghabodhi). In addition to other religious works, he built the Meghavaṇṇābhaya vihāra. He banished from Abhayagiri sixty monks who had accepted the Vetulla heresy, but a Coḷa monk, Saṅghamitta, defeated in discussion the Thera Goṭhābhaya, the king’s uncle, and became the king’s favourite, obtaining the position of tutor to the king’s two sons, Jeṭṭhatissa and Mahā Sena. The king was also known as Meghavaṇṇābhaya (v.98).