1. Dhammakitti.-One of the Sinhalese envoys of Parakkamabáhu I. to the king of Rámańńa. The king insulted him and sent him, together with Vágissara, back to Ceylon in a leaky ship. Cv.lxxvi.32ff.
2. Dhammakitti.-A monk of Tambarattha. Parakkamabáhu II., hearing of his great virtues and holiness, sent him offerings of piety, inviting him to Ceylon. The Elder came and was much honoured by the king (Cv.lxxxiv.11). It is commonly believed (E.g., J.R.A.S., 1896, pp.202ff) that this was the monk who wrote the continuation of the Mahávamsa (the Cúlavamsa) dealing with the period from the reign of Mahásena to that of Parakkamabáhu II.
3. Dhammakitti.-A thera in the time of Viravikkama (circa 1542). The king appointed him head of the Order and held the ceremony of ordination under him. Cv.xcii.21.
4. Dhammakitti.-Author of the Dáthávamsa. He wrote this book in the reign of Lílávati, at the request of her minister Parakkama, who was his patron. Dhammakitti speaks of himself as a pupil of Sáriputta (of Pulatthipura) (P.L.C.207f; Gv.62, 67). He is perhaps, identical with Dhammakitti I. P.L.C.215.
5. Dhammakitti.-A thera of Ceylon, author of the Sinhalese prose work, the Saddharmálankára, in the fourteenth century, which is an enlarged translation of the Rasaváhiní. He was Sangharája in the time of Bhuvanekabáhu V. His teacher was also called Dhammakitti and was a member of the Putabhattasela fraternity. This teacher was probably the author of the Páli poem the Párámímahásataka. In addition to the Saddharmálankára, his pupil wrote several other works, the Sankhepa, the Jinabodhávalí and the Bálávatára; also the Sinhalese chronicle, the Nikáyasangraha. P.L.C.226, 240, 243.
6. Dhammakitti.-Called Dhammakitti Mahásámi, author of the Saddhamasangaha. His teacher was also called Dhammakitti, well-known in Ceylon. Dhammakitti Mahásámi came to Ceylon from Yodhapura (Ayojjha?) and, having acquired much merit, returned there, where he lived in the Lankáráma, built by Paramarája. J.P.T.S., 1890, p.90.