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Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The earliest attempt to write a Chronicle of the Sāsana and the Kings of Sri Lanka, from earliest times up to the 5th c. A.D. Includes both text and translation.

The earliest attempt to write a Chronicle of the Sāsana and the Kings of Sri Lanka, from earliest times up to the 5th c. A.D. Includes both text and translation.

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The Chonicle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Island</strong> - 124<br />

36. Accutagāmi yo nāma Ujjeniṁ tattha māpayi,<br />

Upatisso Upatissaṁ nagaraṁ suvibhattantarāpaṇaṁ<br />

iddhaṁ phītaṁ suvitthāraṁ ramaṇīyaṁ manoramaṁ. |<br />

36. He who was called Accutagāmi <strong>the</strong>n founded Ujjenī, Upatissa founded<br />

Upatissanagara which had well arranged markets, which was prosperous,<br />

opulent, large, charming, and lovely.<br />

37. Laṅkādīpavhaye ramme Tambapaṇṇimhi issaro<br />

Vijayo nāma nāmena paṭhamaṁ rajjaṁ akārayi. |<br />

37. The king called Vijaya by name was <strong>the</strong> first ruler who reigned in<br />

Tambapaṇṇi over <strong>the</strong> delightful island <strong>of</strong> Laṅkā.<br />

38. āgate sattavassamhi ākiṇṇo janapado ahū.<br />

aṭṭhatiṁsati vassāni rajjaṁ kāresi khattiyo. |<br />

38. When seven years (<strong>of</strong> his reign) had passed, <strong>the</strong> land was crowded with<br />

people. That prince reigned thirty-eight years.<br />

39. sambuddhe navame māse yakkhasenaṁ vidhamitaṁ,<br />

sambuddhe pañcame vasse nāgānaṁ damayī jino,<br />

sambuddhe aṭṭhame vasse samāpatti samāpayi. 303 |<br />

39. In <strong>the</strong> ninth month after (Gotama) had become Buddha, <strong>the</strong> host <strong>of</strong> Yakkhas<br />

was destroyed; in <strong>the</strong> fifth year after his attaining Buddhaship <strong>the</strong> Jina<br />

conquered <strong>the</strong> Nāgas; in <strong>the</strong> eighth year after his attaining Buddhaship he<br />

completed <strong>the</strong> Samāpatti meditations (in Laṅkā).<br />

40. imāni tīṇi ṭhānāni idhāgami tathāgato.<br />

sambuddhe pacchime vasse Vijayo idham āgato. |<br />

40. On <strong>the</strong>se three occasions <strong>the</strong> Tathāgata came hi<strong>the</strong>r. In <strong>the</strong> last year <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Buddha Vijaya came hi<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

41. manussāvāsaṁ akārayi sambuddho dipaduttamo.<br />

anupādisesāya sambuddho nibbuto upadhisaṅkhaye. |<br />

41. The Sambuddha, <strong>the</strong> most excellent <strong>of</strong> men, made (<strong>the</strong> island fit for) <strong>the</strong><br />

residence <strong>of</strong> men; <strong>the</strong> Sambuddha (afterwards) reached complete Nibbāna by <strong>the</strong><br />

entire annihilation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> substrata <strong>of</strong> existence. [163]<br />

303 vidhamitaṁ G1 N, vidhaṁsitaṁ A B G2, vimadditaṁ Z. – samāpattī?

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