• Potthakuttha

A Tamil in the service of Aggobodhi IV. He erected and endowed the Mātambiyapadhānaghara, and built houses in the Kuppurā parivepa, the Kurundapillaka vihāra and the Mahārājaghara. Whem the king died, he administered the kingdom, threw the sub king Dāthāsiva into prison and set Datta of Dhanapitthi on the throne. When Datta died, Potthakuttha had Hatthadātha crowned king. Later, when Mānavamma rebelled against him, he ate poisoned food, provided by his friend, the chief of Merukandara, and died. Cv.xlvi.19, 39, 44; xlvii.55, 61.