Dīghasandana (Dīghasandanaka)

A Commander-in-chief of Devānampiyatissa. He built a little pāsāda "on eight pillars" for Mahinda, which became known as Dīghasandasenāpati-parivena (Mhv.xv.212f; also Cv.xxxviii.16), and is famous as the residence of Mahānāma, author of the Mahāvamsa (MT.502). According to the Mahāvamsa Tīkā (p.289), Dīghasandaka was so called because he wore a long robe (dīghasāttakam nivāsesīti Dīghasandako), and the original name of the parivena built by him was Cūlapāsāda.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from