Mahā Dāṭhika Mahā Nāga untranslated

Mahā Dāṭhika Mahā Nāga. Younger brother of Bhātikābhaya and king of Ceylon for twelve years (67-79 CE.). He made a courtyard of kiñcikkha stones on plaster round the Mahā Thūpa, and built the Ambatthala Thūpa, making it firm at the risk of his own life. He placed chairs for the preachers in all the vihāras of Ceylon, and laid out the grounds round Cetiyagiri, holding a great celebration called the Giribhaṇḍapūjā (q.v.).

From the Kadambanadī to Cetiyagiri he laid carpets for the comfort of pilgrims. He built the Maṇināgapabbata, the Kalanda, the Samudda, and the Cūḷānāgapabbata vihāras, and gave land for the use of monks in Pāsāṇadīpaka and Maṇḍavāpi vihāras in gratitude for favours shown him by novices of these monasteries. He had two sons, Āmaṇḍagāmaṇī Abhaya and Kaṇirajānutissa, both of whom succeeded to the throne. Mhv.xxxiv. 68ff.; xxxv.l.9; Dpv.xxi.34. He had a queen called Damiḷadevī (apparently a Tamil lady) who died young. AN­a.i.13.