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II. Literary Position – 69 of other materials as well as the chapters relating to the three Councils and the rehearsal of the Law are similar not only to the Buddhist account in the introduction to the Sumaṅgalavilāsinī but also to that in the Saddhammasaṅgaha. As regards the description of Mahinda’s adventures after his arrival in Laṅkā, the Mahābodhivaṁsa and the Samantapāsādikā are in agreement. The Pali text of the Mahābodhivaṁsa is a translation of a Sinhalese original. It tells us nothing about its author. According to the Sāsanavaṁsadīpa, Upatissa was its author. Upatissamahāthero Māgadhāya niruttiyā Bodhivamsaṁ akā dhīro dhīrehi abhivaṇṇiyam. The Gandhavaṁsa points out that the Mahābodhivaṁsa was written independently by its author. The style is easy and the language is lucid. [40] 8. Thūpavaṁsa In the introductory verses the author tells us that the work having at first been compiled in Sinhalese language was not accessible to all. Even the earlier Māgadhī (i.e. Pali) version prepared for the benefit of all was full of defective arrangement and language and it left out many things that ought to have been narrated. In order to remove these defects in the earlier Māgadhī version the author undertook to do the work again. Vākyena Sīhala-bhāvena ’bhisaṅkhatattā | atthaṁ na sādhayati sabbajanassa sammā ||
II. Literary Position – 70 Yasmā ca Māgadha-niruttikato ’pi Thūpa- | vaṁso viruddha-naya-sadda-samākulo so || vattabbam eva ca bahuṁ pi yato na vuttaṁ | tasmā ahaṁ punapi vaṁsaṁ imaṁ vadāmi || Though the earlier Pali text is no longer extant, it is not difficult to estimate the nature of the linguistic improvement effected by Vācissara by comparing his version of the Thūpavaṁsa with parallel passages as found in the Samantapāsādikā or the Sumaṅgalavilāsinī. I. (a) Devānaṁpiyatisso mahārājā ’pi kho Sumanasāṁaṇerassa vacanena māgasiramāsassa paṭhamapāṭipadadivasato pabhuti uttaradvārato paṭṭhāya yāva Jambukolapaṭṭanaṁ maggaṁ sodhāpetvā alaṁkārāpetvā nagarato nikkhamana-divase. 114 (b) Devānaṁpiyatissa-mahārājā ’pi uttaradvārato paṭṭhāya yāva Jambukolapaṭṭanā maggaṁ sodhāpetvā alaṅkārāpetvā nagarato nikkhamana-divase. 115 II. (a) Tena ca samayena rājadhītā Saṅghamittā ’pi tasmiṁ yeva thāneṭhitā hoti tassā ca sāmiko Aggibrahmā nāma kumāro... Rājā taṁ disvā āha. 116 (b) Tena ca samayena rājadhītā Saṅghamittā ’pi tasmiṁ ṭhāneṭhitā hoti, taṁ disvā āha. 117 114 Samantapāsādikā, I, p. 98. 115 Thūpavaṁsa, p. 53. 116 Samantapāsādikā, I, p. 51. 117 Thūpavaṁsa, p. 42.
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