Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The Chonicle of the Island - 251
41. catumāsaṁ rajjaṁ kāresi rañño Āmaṇḍadhītaro.
Āmaṇḍabhāgiṇeyyo tu Sīvaliṁ apanīya taṁ 677 |
42. Ilanāgo ’ti nāmena rajjaṁ akārayi pure.
Ilanāgo nāma rājā suṇitvā kapijātakaṁ |
43. Tissadūratalāke ca khanāpesi arindamo.
chahi vassehi so rajjaṁ kāresi dīpalañjake. |
41-43. the daughter of king Āmaṇḍa, reigned four mouths. The son of Āmaṇḍa’s
sister, Ilanāga by name, removed this Sīvalī and reigned in the town. King
Ilanāga, the destroyer of his enemies, having heard the Kapi-Jātaka, ordered the
Tissa and Dūra ponds to be dug. This king reigned six years in the island of
Laṅkā.
44. Sīvo ’ti nāma nāmena Candamukho ’ti vissuto
akāsi Manikārāmaṁ vihāre Issaravhaye. 678 |
44. The king called Sīva, known by the surname Candamukha, constructed the
Manikārāma (Manikāragāma tank?) near the monastery called Issara.
45. tassa rañño mahesī ca Damiladevīti vissutā
tañ ñeva gāme attano vaṭṭaṁ adāsi ārāme.
satta mās’ aṭṭha vassāni rajjaṁ kāresi khattiyo. 679 |
45. The queen-consort of that king, known by the name of Damilādevī, bestowed
her own revenues from that very village on that Ārāma. This king reigned eight
years and seven months.
46. Tisso ca nāma so rājā Yasalālo ’ti vissuto
satta mās’ aṭṭha vassāni rājā rajjaṁ akārayi. |
46. King Tissa, known by the surname of Yasalāla, governed eight years and
seven months. 680
677 I believe that dhītaro ought to be corrected into dhītikā which looks very much like
it in Burmese characters.
678 Manikārāmaṁ M n, Maṇik° A B C G R, Saṇik° F, Manikāragāmaṁ? Comp. Mahāv.,
p. 218, I. 9.
679 45bc is wanting in B G2. – taññeva gāme N, tañecagāme F, taññekome A G1 Z. –
vaṭṭaṁ F, vattaṁ N, vannaṁ A, vaṇṇaṁ G1 Z.
680 According to the Mahāvaṁsa: seven years and eight months