Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The Chonicle of the Island - 247
18. samantā yojanaṁ sabbaṁ kusumānañ ca ropayi,
akāsi pupphagumbaṁ ca Mahāthūpe varuttame. 662 |
18. An entire Yojana around (the Thūpa) he caused flowers to be planted, and
made a flower thicket at the most excellent Mahāthūpa.
19. makulapupphitaṁ pupphaṁ samānetvāna khattiyo
akāresi pupphagumbaṁ cuddasakkhattuṁ punappunaṁ. 663 |
19. The prince, having collected flowers covered with opening bud, [214] made a
flower thicket fourteen times.
20. nānāpupphaṁ samocitvā sālindaṁ sahapākāraṁ
pupphathambhaṁ kāretvāna sattakkhattuṁ punappunaṁ. 664 |
20. Having gathered various flowers, he constructed seven times a flower-pillar
with a terrace and an enclosure.
21. ... addasa nānārūpaṁ victrakaṁ [106]
... akāsi samānarūpāni khattiyo. 665 |
21. He saw ... of various shapes, ornamented ...; the prince made them similar in
shape.
22. sudhākammaṁ akāresi Mahāthūpe varuttame.
abhisekaṁ karitvāna akāsi sudhāmaṅgalaṁ. 666 |
22. He ordered chunnam work to be executed at the most excellent Mahāthūpa.
Having celebrated the coronation (of the Bo tree?), he held a festival connected
with the execution of chunnam work (at the buildings around the Bo tree?).
662 kusamāni (which may be the correct reading) A B G2, kusumānaṁ F G1 Z,
kusumāgaṁ N. – akāresi N.
663 makulap° G1 X, vakulap° Y. – akāsi F Y.
664 samocinitvā Z.
665 samānar° X, sammāni r° X G1, sabbāni r° G2 B, sammār° A.
666 vv. 22b-28 are wanting in B. akāresi A B G2, ca kāresi Z, karissanti X G1. – subham°
N, suddhām° F, thūpam° Z, maṅgalaṁ A G. Comp. Mahāv., p. 212, I. 7.