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The Chonicle of the Island - 239 7. aṭṭhārasāni vassāni rajjaṁ kāresi khattiyo. katvā aññaṁ bahu puññaṁ datvā dānaṁ anappakaṁ kāyassa bhedā sappañño tusitaṁ kāyaṁ upāgami. 634 | 7. This prince reigned eighteen years. Having done many other meritorious deeds and distributed rich donations, this wise monarch after the dissolution of his (human) body entered the body of a Tusita god. 8. Saddhātissassa atrajo Thūlathano ’ti vissuto kārāpesi manorāmaṁ vihāraṁ Alakandaraṁ. dasāhaṁ ekamāsañ ca rajjaṁ kāresi khattiyo. | 8. The son of Saddhātissa, known by the name of Thūlathana, constructed a great Ārāma, the Alakandara monastery. This prince reigned one month and ten days. [211] 9. Saddhātissassa atrajo Lañjitisso ’ti vissuto navavassaṁ chamāsaṁ ca issariyaṁ anusāsi so. 635 | 9. The son of Saddhātissa, known by the name of Lajjitissa, governed nine years and six months. 10. kārāpesi tilañcanaṁ Mahāthūpe varuttame, patiṭṭhāpesi ārāmaṁ Kumbhilādhimanoramaṁ, 636 | 10. He constructed a … 637 at the most excellent Mahāthūpa and established the most delightful Kumbhila Ārāma. 11. kārāpesi Dīghathūpaṁ Thūpārāmapuratthito, silākañcuke kāresi Thūpārāmamuttame. | 11. He built the Dīghathūpa to the east of the Thūpārāma; in the most excellent Thūpārāma he constructed receptacles cased in stone. 634 bahuṁ A B G2. 635 Lañcatisso F G1 Z, Lañjatisso N, Lajjītisso, Lajjitisso? B G2 (comp. Mah., pp. 201. 202.) 636 Kumbhilādim° Z, Kumbhilādiṁ m° A Kumbhilādhim° B G X, Kumbhilātimanoramaṁ? See Mah., p. 201, 1. 6. 637 Probably the passage refers to the three “pupphayāna” mentioned in the Mahāvaṁsa (p. 201, 1. 14), though I do not know how to explain or to correct the word used here (tilaṅcanaṁ).
The Chonicle of the Island - 240 12. Lajjatissamhi uparate kaṇiṭṭho tassa kārayi rajjaṁ chaḷ eva vassāni Khallāṭanāganāmako. 638 | 12. After the death of Lajjitissa his younger brother named Khallāṭanāga reigned six years. 13. kam Mahārattako nāma Khallāṭakaṁ camūpati rajjaṁ kāresi dinekaṁ paduṭṭho akataññuko. 639 | 13. His commander-in-chief, Mahārattaka by name, put this Khallāṭaka to death and reigned one day, a wicked, ungrateful person. 14. tassa rañño kaniṭṭho tu Vaṭṭagāmanināmako duṭṭhaṁ senāpatiṁ hantvā pañcamāsaṁ rajjaṁ kari. | 14. The younger brother of the king, called Vaṭṭagāmani, killed that wicked general and reigned five months. 15. Pulahattho tu Damilo tīṇi vassāni kārayi. [103] duve vassāni Bāhiyo camūpati rajjaṁ kari. | 15. (After that time) the Damila Pulahattha reigned three years, and the general Bāhiya two years. 16. hantvā taṁ Panayamāro satta vassāni kārayi. taṁ hantvā Palayamāro satta māsāni kārayi. | 16. Having killed this (king), Panayamāra reigned seven years. Having killed this (king), Palayamāra reigned seven months. 17. taṁ hantvā Dāṭhiyo nāma duve vassāni kārayi. ete pañca Damilajātā antarikā ca bhūpati satta māsāni cuddasa vassāni kārayuṁ rajjaṁ. 640 | 17. Having killed this (king), a person Dāṭhiya by name reigned two years. These five sovereigns belonging to the Damila tribe governed fourteen years and seven months in the interval (between the two parts of Vaṭṭagāmani’s reign). 638 Lañjatissamhi N, Lañcatissamhi F G1, Lajjikat° A B G2, Lajjit° Z. 639 Mahārantako A B, Kammahārattako Z G1, Kammahantako G2, Kammahārathako F, Kammahāratthiko N. – Khallāṭabhūpatiṁ A B G2 Z. taṁ Mahārattako nāma hantvā Khallāṭakaṁ camūpati? Comp. Mahāv., p. 202, I. 10; the excellent Mahāvaṁsa MS. of the India Off. Library (no 91) reads Mahārattako. 640 antarikā ca bh° A B G R, antanikā va bh° F, anantarikā ca bh° C M n. antarikā camūpatī?
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