According to the Malay Chronicle, it is said that Sri Tilipana, the prince of Sri Lanka's Death Kingdom, once found a white beach while hunting in Singapore and walked over. Suddenly, a beast with black head, red chest and white hair galloped past. The prince asked the follower what monster it was, and the follower casually called it a lion. The prince thought it was an auspicious place and decided to establish a country here. Later, the prince built a city here and named it "Sinhalese", which means "lion" in Sanskrit and "Singapore" in Malay, which means lion city.