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King of Ceylon (1707-39 A.C.). He was the son of Vimaladhammasūriya II. He held great festivals in Mahiyangana, Sumanakūta and Anurādhapura, and built a suburb called Kundasālā, where he lived. The temple of the Tooth Relic, built by his father, he adorned with paintings of thirty two Jātakas. He showed great honour to Saranankara-sāmanera and gave him a golden casket studded with seven hundred jewels. At his request, Saranankara wrote the Sāratthasangaha and Commentaries on the Mahābodhivamsa and the Bhesajjamañjūsā. Cv.xcix.23ff. Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/s/sirivira_parak.htm |
