A building in the Abhayagiri vihára, erected by King Kanitthatissa for Mahánága Thera (Mhv.xxxvi.8; for its identification see Cv.Trs.i.123, n.2).
Mahinda II. evidently rebuilt it at a cost of three hundred thousand kahápanas, and installed in it a Buddha image worth sixty thousand. At the dedication festival, the king offered his whole kingdom to the image (Cv.xlviii.135f). Mahinda III. gave the revenue from the Getthumba Canal for the repairs of the pasáda (Cv.xlix.41).
In the reign of Sena I. the Pánidíyas, who invaded Ceylon, plundered the pásáda and removed the jewels from the eyes of the image (Cv.l.43). Sena II. found the image itself removed from its pedestal and taken to Madhurá, and, after his victory over the Pánndiyas, he had it restored (Cv.li.22,49). When the people rose in rebellion against Udaya III., he took refuge in the Ratanapásáda with his colleagues, but the people surrounded the building and they were forced to flee (Cv.liii.17).