1. Maniakkhi, Maniakkhika. A Nāga king of Kalyāni, maternal uncle of Mahodara. He came to take part in the battle between Mahodara andCūlodara, and having heard the Buddha preach on that occasion, begged him tovisit his kingdom. The Buddha agreed, and, three years later went to Kalyāni inthe eighth year after the Enlightenment on the full moon day of Vesākha. TheNāga entertained him and his five hundred monks on the spot where, later, theKalyāni cetiya was built. Mhv.i.63ff.; xv.162; Dpv. ii.42, 52; it is said thatManikkhika went to Jambudīpa to bring the Buddha to Ceylon (MT.111). According to the Extended Mahāvamsa (i.700) he was the uncle (mātula) of2. Maniakkhika. The youngest of the three sonsof Mahātīssa and Sanghasivā. Cv.xlv.40.