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> - 45<br />
7. Ruci, Mahāruci ceva, Patāpo, Mahāpatāpo pi ca,<br />
Panādo, Mahāpanādo ca, Sudassano nāma khattiyo, |<br />
7. Ruci, and he who was called Mahāruci, Patāpa, and also Mahāpatāpa, Panāda,<br />
and Mahāpanāda, <strong>the</strong> king called Sudassana, –<br />
8. Mahāsudassano nāma, duve Nerū ca, Accimā,<br />
aṭṭhavīsati rājāno, āyu tesaṁ asaṅkhayā. 90 |<br />
8. he who was called Mahāsudassana, two Nerus, and Accimā. These were<br />
twenty-eight kings by number; <strong>the</strong>ir age extended to an Asaṅkheyya (<strong>of</strong> years).<br />
9. Kusāvatī, Rājagahe, Mithilāyaṁ puruttame<br />
rajjaṁ kāriṁsu rājāno, tesaṁ āyu asaṅkhayā. 91 |<br />
9. In Kusāvatī, in Rājagaha, in Mithilā, [130] best <strong>of</strong> towns, <strong>the</strong>se kings reigned;<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir age extended to an Asaṅkheyya (<strong>of</strong> years).<br />
10. dasa dasa satañ c’ eva, sataṁ dasa sahassiyo,<br />
sahassaṁ dasa dasasahassañ ca, dasa dasasahassaṁ satasahassiyo, |<br />
10. Ten times ten is one hundred; ten times a hundred is one thousand; ten times<br />
a thousand is ten thousand; ten times ten thousand is a hundred thousand; –<br />
11. dasa satasahassañ ca koṭi, dasakoṭi, koṭippakoṭiyo,<br />
nahutañ ca, ninnahutañ ca, abbudo ca, nirabbudo. 92 |<br />
11. ten times a hundred thousand is one koṭi; (<strong>the</strong> following numerals are)<br />
pakoṭi, koṭippakoṭi, nahuta, and ninnahuta, abbuda, and nirabbuda, –<br />
12. ababaṁ aṭaṭañ c’ eva ahahaṁ, kumudāni ca 93 ,<br />
sogandhikaṁ, uppalako, puṇḍarīkapadumako, |<br />
12. ababa, and also aṭaṭa, ahaha, and kumuda, sogandhika, uppala, puṇḍarīka,<br />
paduma.<br />
90 asaṅkhiyā A B c G2.<br />
91 asaṅkhiyā A B c G2. kāresuṁ?<br />
92 dasa satasahassañ ca koṭi, pakoṭi, koṭippakoṭiyo? compare Burnouf, Lotus, p. 854; Sp.<br />
Hardy, Manual, p. 6.<br />
93 kumudena ca?