Mahasena or Mahāsena may refer to: *Mahasena, a name for

Murugan Kartikeya (/ kɑɾt̪ɪkejə/; ), also known as Skanda ( /skən̪d̪ə/), Subrahmanya (/ sʊbɾəɦməɲjə/, /ɕʊ-/), Shanmukha ( /ɕɑnmʊkʰə/) and Murugan (/ mʊɾʊgən/), is the Hindu god of war. He is generally described as the ...

, Hindu god of war *Mahasena, a legendary king of the

Kataragama Kataragama ( , ) is a pilgrimage town sacred to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. People from South India also go there to worship. The town has the Kataragama temple, a shrine dedicated to Skanda Kumara also known as ...

region in Sri Lanka said to have ruled during the 6th century BCE * Mahasena of Anuradhapura, a historical king of Sri Lanka who ruled from 275 to 301 CE * Mahasena-gupta, a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty in India * ''Mahasena'' (genus), a genus of

bagworm moth The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a Family (biology), family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globa ...

* Chaophraya Mahasena, a Thai noble title *''Mahasena'', the former HMCS ''Orkney'', a ship of the Royal Ceylon Navy

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