Kuṭakaṇṇatissa untranslated

Kuṭakaṇṇatissa (Kuṭikaṇṇatissa). Second son of Mahā Cūḷi and king of Ceylon (16-38 CE.). He had entered the Saṅgha through fear of the infamous Anulā, but later he led an army against her and slew her. He founded the Peḷagāmavihāra, 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 Anurādhapura. Bhātikābhaya was his son and successor (Mhv.xxxiv.28ff). The Dīpavaṁsa appears to call him Kuṭikaṇṇa-abhaya, and speaks of him as a very devoted supporter of the nuns (Dpv.xviii.37; but see xx.31, where he is called Tissa and his son Nāga).

Kuṭakaṇṇa had a horse of the Ājānīya race called Guḷavaṇṇa (SN­a.i.27; MN­a.ii.654).

Two Theras are mentioned in the Vibhaṅga Commentary (Vibh­a.452) as having been held in special esteem by the king – Cūḷa Sudhamma Thera of Girigāmakaṇṇa and Tipiṭaka Cūḷa Nāga Thera.