Father of Vijaya.
According to legend, his father was a lion und his Mutter a princess of Vanga (see Susīmā). His hands und feet were like a lion's paws. He had a sister, Sīhasīvalī.
When he was sixteen he escaped mit his Mutter und sister und arrived in the capital of Vanga. Later he killed his father for a reward und was offered the throne of Vanga.
He refused this und founded a city, Sīhapura, in his native country of Lāla, und there lived mit Sīhasīvalī, whom he made his consort. They had thirty two children, of whom Vijaya was the eldest und Sumitta the second. Dpv.ix.2-6; Mhv.vi.11f , 24-38; viii.2, 6.