Kandula
Kandula：1．Kandula．-The state-elephant of Dutthagāminī．He was of the Chaddanta race，and was left by his mother and discovered by a fisherman，Kandula，after whom he was named．Mhv．xxii．62f．
He grew up to be of great strength．When Dutthagāminī’s father died，his younger son，Tissa，took possession of the queen-mother and of Kandula，the state-elephant，and fled，but in the battle between the brothers，Kandula shook himself free from Tissa and went over to Dutthagāminī，whom he served to the end of his life．Kandula took a prominent part in the campaign against the Damilas，distinguishing himself particularly in the siege of Vijitapura （Mhv．xxiv．15，89）．In the single combat between Elāra and Dutthagāminī．Kandula attacked Elāra’s elephant，Mahāpabbata，and disabled him （Mhv．xxv．5-83）．It is said that once the warrior Nandhimitta seized Kandula by his tusks and forced him on to his haunches，and Kandula nursed a grudge against him until Nandhimitta rescued him from being crushed under a gate-tower which fell on him during his attack on Vijitapura．Mhv．xxv．22，39f．； see also Dpv．xviii．53； Mbv．133．
2．Kandula．-The fisherman who found the elephant Kandula and reported the matter to the king Mhv．xxii．62f．