Meghavaṇṇābhaya untranslated

Meghavaṇṇābhaya 01. Another name for King Goṭhakābhaya (q.v.).

Meghavaṇṇābhaya 02. A minister of King Mahā Sena. He was an intimate friend of the king, but when the latter attempted to destroy the Mahā Vihāra, he showed his displeasure by raising a revolt in Malaya. The king went out to fight him and pitched his camp near Dūratissavāpi. During the night, Meghavaṇṇābhaya visited the king alone, taking some delicacies which he had obtained, wishing to share them with him. At their meeting they begged each other’s forgiveness, and, with the king’s help, Meghavaṇṇābhaya restored the Mahā Vihāra (Mhv.xxxvii.17ff). According to the Samantapāsādikā, one of the pariveṇas built by Meghavaṇṇābhaya seems to have borne his name (Vin-a.i.102; also Sās-d.43). It was built on the site where, in the time of Devānampiyatissa, a recital of the Dhamma was held under the presidency of the Thera Mahā Ariṭṭha.

Meghavaṇṇābhaya 03. Meghavaṇṇābhayavihāra. A monastery founded by King Goṭhābhaya (Meghavaṇṇābhaya). At the festival of its consecration the king distributed six garments each to thirty thousand monks. Mhv.xxxvi.108.