Kulinga.-The name of a clan, probably Sinhalese. Mahinda VI. belonged to this clan (Cv.lxxx.15). The Kulingas were among the tribes sent to Ceylon by Asoka with the Bodhi-tree. Mhv.xix.2; see also Mhv. Trs.128, n.2, and Cv.Trs.i.29, n.2, and ii.126, n.5.
 

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