Kaniṭṭhatissa untranslated

Kaniṭṭhatissa, Kaniṭṭhatissaka. King of Ceylon (227-245 CE). He was the younger brother of Bhātikatissa. He built the Ratanapāsāda at Abhayagiri for Mahā Nāga of Bhūtārama, and he also built at Abhayagiri a wall, a great pariveṇa, and the Maṇisomavihāra. He built a cetiya at Ambatthala, restored the temple at Nāgadipa, and made the Kukkuṭagiri cells. Among his other works were fourteen pāsādas at the Mahā Vihāra, a road to the Dakkhiṇavihāra, the Bhūtārāmavihāra, the Rāmagoṇaka, the Nandatissa monastery, the Anulatissapabbata vihāra, the Niyelatissārāma, the Pīlapiṭṭhivihāra, and the Rāja Mahāvihāra.

He had two sons, Khujjanāga and Kuñcanāga (q.v.). Mhv.xxxvi.6ff.