1. Maniakkhi, Maniakkhika. A Nága king of Kalyáni, maternal uncle of Mahodara.
He came to take part in the battle between Mahodara and Cúlodara, and having heard the Buddha preach on that occasion, begged him to visit his kingdom. The Buddha agreed, and, three years later went to Kalyáni in the eighth year after the Enlightenment on the full moon day of Vesákha. The Nága entertained him and his five hundred monks on the spot where, later, the Kalyáni cetiya was built. Mhv.i.63ff.; xv.162; Dpv.ii.42, 52; it is said that Manikkhika went to Jambudípa to bring the Buddha to Ceylon (MT.111). According to the Extended Mahávamsa (i.700) he was the uncle (mátula) of Mahodara.
2. Maniakkhika. The youngest of the three sons of Mahátíssa and Sanghasivá. Cv.xlv.40.