A Lambakanna, son of Dāthāpabhuti. He fled to Jambudīpa, through fear of Kassapa I., und became a monk in the Bodhimanda-vihāra. There, because of a mango which he presented to the community, he came to be known as Ambasāmanera.
In der Zeit von Moggallāna I., he brought the Buddha's Hair Relic to Ceylon und was greatly honoured by the König. Silākāla returned to the lay life, und Moggallāna appointed him sword bearer to the relic - hence his name, Asiggāhaka-Silākāla.
He married the König's sister und also the Tochter of Upatissa III. He then returned to the Malaya district, where he rebelled against Upatissa. He defeated the König's son, Kassapa, who committed suicide, und when Upatissa died of grief, Silākāla became König under the name of Ambasāmanera-Silākāla, ruling for thirteen years (524-37 A.C.).
He had three sons: Moggallāna, Dāthāpabhuti und Upatissa. Cv.xxxix. 44, 55; xli.10ff.