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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

King of Ceylon (A.D. 133-102). He was the nephew of King Ananda gamani Abhaya. Ananda was succeeded by his son Culabhaya and he by his younger sister Sivali. After Sivali had reigned for four months, Ilanaga dethroned her and became king himself. In the first year of his reign he incurred the displeasure of the powerful Lambakannas and was deprived of his throne and taken captive. It is said that the king was rescued from prison by his state elephant and that he escaped to Rohana. Three years later he gave battle to the Lambakannas at Kapallakkhanda and massacred most of them. He had the noses and toes of the rest cut off as punishment.

He was succeeded by his son Candamukha Siva. To his state elephant, who had helped him, he gave the tract of land called Hatthibhoga. During his exile in Rohana, Ilanaga built two tanks, the Tissa and the Dura, and restored the Nagamahavihara, which he gave to Mahapaduma, thera of Tuladhara, who had preached to him the Kapi Jataka. He also gave land for its maintenance. Mhv.xxxv.14-45; Dpv.xxi.41f.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Starts with: Ilanakai.

Full-text: Hankarapitthi, Candamukha Siva, Duravapi, Sakkharasobbha, Kapallakkhanda, Hatthibhoga, Kapalakanda, Aggapithaka Pasada, Kappallakkhanda, Tuladhara, Tissavapi, Nagamahavihira, Amandagamani Abhaya, Revati, Lambakanna, Mahakapi Jataka.

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Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)

Chapter 35 - The Twelve Kings

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