1. Cúlábhaya.-King of Ceylon (92-93 A.C.). He was the son of Amandagámani and built the Cúlagallakavihára. Sivalí was his younger sister. Mhv.xxxv.12-14; Dpv.xxi.39f.
2. Cúlábhaya.-A Thera who taught the Vinaya in Ceylon. Vin.v.3; Sp.i.63.
3. Cúlábhaya.-A Thera of Ceylon and a well-known commentator; he was known as Tipitaka-Cúlábhaya. He is several times quoted in the Commentaries (E.g., VibhA.11, 16; Vsm.69, 394, 397). He had a prodigious memory. Once he shut three of the gates of Anurádhapura, allowing only one door for the use of those leaving the city. As each person went out he asked his name, and each of these names he was able to repeat when the owner returned in the evening to the city (DA.ii.530). He was a contemporary of Cúlanága (DhsA.230; SA.iii.206), with whom he held discussions. His description (given at the Lohapásáda) (DA.ii.442) of the details connected with the first words uttered by the Buddha after his birth, and the manner in which he walked, is accepted as authentic. He once went with a company of monks on a pilgrimage to Nágadípa. On the way he stayed in a monastery. One of his followers, who lacked self-control, made friends with another of like temperament in the vihára, and Cúlábhaya, seeing them laugh aloud, pointed out how truly the Buddha had said in the Dhátusamyutta that like joins with like. VibhA.457f.