Māna untranslated

Māna 01. Youngest brother and viceroy of Aggabodhi III. (Sirisaṅghabodhi). He was governor of Dakkhiṇadesa. He was later found guilty of an offence in the women’s apartments of the palace and was treacherously killed by the court officers. Cv.xliv.84,123f.

Māna 02. Eldest son of Kassapa II. (Cv.xlv.6) His full name was Māṇavamma (regarding these names, Māna and Māṇavamma, see Cv.Trs.i.192, n.3.). He was very young when his father died, and, when the government fell into the hands of Dappula I. and later of Dāṭhopatissa II., he left Uttaradesa, where he was living in retirement with his wife Saṅghā, and went to Jambudīpa, there to take service under the Pallava king, Narasīha (for details see Cv.xivii.9ff., 15ff). He won the king’s favor and very loyally helped him to defeat the Vallabha king. He then raised an army with the help of Narasīha, landed in Ceylon, and recovered the kingdom from Dāṭhopatissa. But later his army deserted him on hearing tidings of Narasīha’s illness and Māna returned once more to Jambudīpa. Some time after he came again to Ceylon with a large army and defeated Hatthadāṭha, the reigning king, and his general Potthakuṭṭha. In the confusion which followed, Hatthadāṭha was killed and Potthakuṭṭha was poisoned at Merukandara. Māna thereupon became king and did many acts of merit, including the erection of the Padhānarakkha and the Sirisaṅghabodhi vihāras, also the Sepaṇṇi and Siri pāsādas. Māna was a supporter of the Paṁsukūlīs. Cv.xlvii.1ff. Māṇavamma reigned circa 676-711 CE.

Māna 03. (also called Māṇavamma). He was the nephew of Kassapa II. and the son of Dappula I. Kassapa handed over the kingdom to him at the time of his death, his own children being very young. When Kassapa died, the Damiḷas attacked Ceylon, but Māna, with his father’s help, repulsed them and crowned his father king. When Hatthadāṭha heard of this, he came with a large force and seized the throne under the name of Dāṭhopatissa II. Māna went to the Eastern Province, while Dappula returned to Rohaṇa. Later, Māna led a rebellion against Dāṭhopatissa and was killed in battle (Cv.xlv.1ff.; 52, 77ff). His mother was the sister of Kassapa II. and the daughter of King Silāmeghavaṇṇa. Cv.Trs.i.94, n.1.

Māna 04. Called Mūlapotthakī. He was an officer of Parakkamabāhu I. and, in one campaign, defeated Lokagalla Vikkama at Mahā Gāma. Cv.lxxv.139f.