Matimanta

Matimanta was the Pāṇḍya king who ruled from Nāgapaṭṭana, a coastal city on the southern shore of Bhāratavarṣa. The Vivāha Khaṇḍa of the Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa names him among the kings who came to the svayaṃvara of Campikā.

At Campikā’s svayaṃvara

A svayaṃvara is a ceremony where a princess chooses her husband. Bhūrikīrti Mahārāja arranged Campikā’s svayaṃvara at Vaṭapura, and Matimanta was one of the kings gathered there.

The dādi Nanda described the kings to Campikā one by one. She described Matimanta to Campikā as a worthy suitor. Campikā placed her māla (garland) on Kuśa, and Matimanta was respectfully passed over.

Sources

• Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Vivāha Khaṇḍa, Chapter 2