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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> - 208<br />

23. sirīsabodhi Mahātit<strong>the</strong>, Mahānāme udumbaro,<br />

Mahāsāgaramhi nigrodho, assattho Meghavane tadā 550 |<br />

23. The Sirīsa Bo tree (was planted) in <strong>the</strong> Mahātittha garden, <strong>the</strong> Udumbara in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Mahānāma, <strong>the</strong> Nigrodha in <strong>the</strong> Mahāsāgara garden; so <strong>the</strong> Assattha was<br />

planted in <strong>the</strong> Mahāmeghavana.<br />

24. acale caturārāme catubodhi patiṭṭhitā.<br />

acale senāsanaṁ rammaṁ catubuddhāna sāsane. 551 |<br />

24. On a mountain, in those four gardens, <strong>the</strong> four Bo trees have been planted;<br />

on a mountain was <strong>the</strong> delightful resting-place (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four Buddhas), when <strong>the</strong><br />

four Buddhas proclaimed <strong>the</strong>ir doctrine.<br />

25. Mahādevo chaḷabhiñño Sumano paṭisambhido<br />

mahiddhiko Sabbanando Mahindo ca bahussuto<br />

ete <strong>the</strong>rā mahāpaññā Tambapaṇṇipasādakā. |<br />

25. Mahādeva who possessed <strong>the</strong> six (supernatural) faculties, Sumana versed in<br />

<strong>the</strong> analytical knowledge, Sabbananda possessing <strong>the</strong> great (magical) powers,<br />

and learned Mahinda, <strong>the</strong>se highly wise Theras were <strong>the</strong> converters <strong>of</strong><br />

Tambapaṇṇi.<br />

Kakusandha and his Bo Tree<br />

26. Kakusandho sabbalokaggo pañcacakkhūhi cakkhumā<br />

sabbalokaṁ avekkhanto Ojadīpavar’ addasa. |<br />

26. Kakusandha, <strong>the</strong> highest in <strong>the</strong> whole world, who was endowed with <strong>the</strong> five<br />

kinds <strong>of</strong> (supernatural) vision, looking on <strong>the</strong> whole world, saw <strong>the</strong> excellent<br />

Ojadīpa. [198]<br />

27. puṇṇakanarako nāma ahū pajjarako tadā.<br />

tasmiṁ samaye manussānaṁ rogo pajjarako ahū. |<br />

27. There raged <strong>the</strong>n an epidemic fever called Puṇṇakanaraka; at that time <strong>the</strong>re<br />

raged an epidemic fever among <strong>the</strong> people.<br />

550 Mahānome X G1.<br />

551 caturorāme Y F. – catubodhī? – 24b acalo Y, ajalo F. – sāsanaṁ G1 N, °ne Y F.

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