Sena draft

Sena 01. Sena I. King of Ceylon (Sena I., 831-51 CE.). He was the younger brother and the successor of Aggabodhi IX. He had three younger brothers: Mahinda, Kassapa and Udaya. His queen was Saṅghā. During his reign the Paṇḍu king invaded Ceylon, and Sena had to retire into the Malaya district. After the army of the Paṇḍu king had plundered a great part of the kingdom, Sena made a treaty with him and regained his throne. He adopted the three sons and the three daughters of Kittaggabodhi: Kassapa, Sena and Udaya, and Saṅghā, Tissā and Kittī. Among the king’s good acts was the construction of a monastery on Ariṭṭhapabbata for the Paṁsukūlikas, and a many storeyed pāsāda in Jetavana. He also built the Vīraṅkurārāma, the Pubbārāma, Saṅghasena pariveṇa, Senaggabodhi vihāra, a refectory in the Mahā Mettapabbatavihāra, and single cells in the Kappūra and Uttarāḷha pariveṇas. He completed the Dappulapabbata and the Kassaparājaka vihāras. Among Sena’s ministers were Bhadda (the senāpati), Uttara, Vajira and Rakkhasa. His capital was in Pulatthinagara (Cv.l.1ff). He was also known as Silāmegha (Cv.l.43).

Sena 02. Sena II. Son of the Ādipāda Kassapa, and therefore nephew of Sena I. On the death of his father, Sena became king as Sena II. (851-85 CE.). He married Saṅghā, daughter of Kittaggabodhi, and had a son, Kassapa. Sena sent an expeditionary force against the Paṇḍu king, captured Madhurā, and brought back the treasures which had been pillaged by the Paṇḍus in the time of Sena I. The Paṁsukūlika monks separated from the incumbents of Abhayagiri in the twentieth year of Sena’s reign. He built the Maṇimekhala dam and a dam across the Kaṇavāpi at Kaṭṭhanta nagara. He endowed various monasteries – Buddhagāma, Mahiyaṅgaṇa, Kūṭatissa, Maṇḍalagiri, and Sobbha – and held a special ceremony in honour of the image of Ānanda. He held a consecration festival at the Hemavāluka cetiya (Mahā Thūpa), and decreed that this festival should be repeated annually. His senāpati was Kuṭṭhaka. Cv.li.1ff.

Sena 03. Son of Kittaggabodhi. Cv.l.56.

Sena 04. Called Mahā Lekhaka Sena. He was a minister of Kassapa V. and built the Mahā Lekhakapabbata-house in the Mahā Vihāra (Cv.lii.33). His mother was Nālā. Cv.Trs. i.138, n.3; 165, n.1.

Sena 05. Sena III. Uparāja of Udaya III., and later Sena III., king of Ceylon (937-45 CE). According to some accounts he was the brother of Udaya III. He observed the uposatha-day regularly, and among his benefactions was the Daṇḍissara offering to mendicant artists. He made the stone paving of Abhayuttara cetiya and endowed the Nāgasālāpariveṇa. Cv.liii.13, 28ff.

Sena 06. Sena IV. Uparāja of Udaya IV., and afterwards king of Ceylon (Sena IV. 953-6 CE). He was learned, and used to explain the suttantas in the Lohapāsāda. Because of his piety, the gods sent timely rain. He made a casket for the Tooth Relic and built the Sitthagāma pariveṇa. Cv.liii.39; liv.1ff.

Sena 07. Senāpati of Mahinda IV. and of Sena V. He was sent to Nāgadīpa, where he subdued the Vallabha king. Once, when he was absent, Sena V. had the senāpati’s younger brother, Mahā Malla, slain for an offence with the queen mother, and appointed a court official Udaya as senāpati. When Sena senāpati heard of this, he marched against the king, who had to flee to Rohaṇa. The queen mother joined Sena, and he lived in Pulatthipura. This king, later, dismissed Senāpati Udaya and made peace with Sena, whose daughter he married. Cv.liv.13f.; lviii.70.

Sena 08. Sena V. Son of Mahinda IV. and king of Ceylon (Sena V. 972-81 CE.). His mother was a Kāliṅga princess. He came to the throne at the age of twelve. His senāpati was also called Sena (see Sena 7), and for some time the king had to live in Rohaṇa from fear of Sena. But later he made peace, and married Sena’s daughter and had a son, Kassapa. The king drank much, and died of digestive trouble in the tenth year of his reign. Cv.liv.57-72.

Sena 09. Adhikārī of Kittisirimegha (2). He was sent to fight against Parakkamabāhu I. at Siriyāla and Buddhagāma, but was defeated. Cv.lxvi.66f.

Sena 10. Sena Ilaṅga Senāpati of Kassapa IV. He was of royal lineage. He built a dwelling for the monks to the west of the Thūpārāma. He also founded the Dhammārāma vihāra and Hadaya-uṇha vihāra for the Dhammarucikas and Kassapasena for the Sāgalikas. For forest-dwelling ascetics he built a hut on Rattamālapabbata. For the Paṁsukūlikas he built the Samuddagiri pariveṇa in the Mahā Vihāra, and for the bhikkhunīs the Tissārāma. He erected hospitals in Anurādhapura and Pulatthipura, against the upasagga disease. Cv.lii.30.

Sena 11. A Damiḷa usurper who, with his companion Guttika, both of them horse dealers, defeated Sūratissa and occupied the throne at Anurādhapura for twenty-two years (177-55 B.C.). At the end of that time they were overpowered by Asela. Mhv.xxi.10f.; Dpv.xviii.47f.; Cv.lxxxii.21.

Sena 12. Sena Thera An Arahant. He was the maternal uncle of Vijitasena Thera. His brother was Upasena. Thag­a.i.424.

Sena 13. Elder brother of Jotika, when the latter was born as Aparājita. He entered the Saṅgha under Vipassī Buddha and became an Arahant. Dhp­a.iv.201f.

Sena 14. The name of Bhūta Thera in the time of Siddhattha Buddha. He was a Brahmin, and, having seen the Buddha, uttered his praises in four stanzas. Thag­a.i.493; Ap.i.113.

Sena 15. Son of Atthadassī Buddha. Bv.xv.16; Bv­a.178 calls him Sela.

Senā 01. Queen of Udaya I. Cv.xlix.2.

Senā 02. Daughter of Kassapa, yuvarāja of Udaya II. She married the king’s brother’s son. Cv.li.93.