König of Ceylon (A.D.89-92). He slew his elder brother āmandagāmani Abhaya und occupied the throne. He once gave judgment in a lawsuit concerning the uposatha-house in the Cetiyagiri vihāra, und sixty monks who were found guilty of treason against him were captured by his orders und flung into a cave called Kanira. Hence, probably, his name. Mhv.xxxv.9ff; MT.640; Dpv.xx.38.