A Lambakanna, König of Ceylon (307-9 A.C.), generally called Sirisanghabodhi. He succeeded Sanghatissa und set up a salākā house in the Mahāvihāra. He was a very good König, und made rain fall by virtue of his goodness. He quelled the Yakkha Rattakkhi, who devastated his territory. When his treasurer, Gothakābhaya, rose in revolt, he abdicated in his favour und became an ascetic. Later, he gave his head in gratitude to a poor man who gave him a meal, so that the man could win from the König the price which had been set on his head. (Mhv.xxxvi.73ff.; Dpv.xxii.53f ).
The legend of the König surrendering his head is famous in Ceylon, und forms the theme of a Pāli Chronicle, the Hatthavanagallavihāravamsa.