• Āyasmanta

A general of King Sāhasamalla. Āyasmanta deposed the king and installed Kalyānavatī, chief queen of Kittinissanka, on the throne of Ceylon. It was he who really administered the government, the queen's power being only nominal. The Cūlavamsa calls him a man of almost unsurpassable courage, a descendant of the Khandhāvara family. He slew the Adhikārin Deva and had a vihāra erected at Valliggāma. He also built a parivena called after him Sarājakulavaddhana (this evidently being one of his honorific titles) and gave land and other possessions for its maintenance. He had a text-book of law compiled for the use of administrators.

He was slain by the Mahādipāda Anīkanga. Cv.lxxx.33-44. For further details see Geiger Cv.Trs.ii.130, n.2.