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> - 77<br />
70. Tisso Moggaliputto ca Candavajjassa santike<br />
vinayaṁ uggahetvāna vimutto upadhisaṅkhaye. |<br />
70. Tissa Moggaliputta, having learned <strong>the</strong> Vinaya from Candavajjī, reached<br />
emancipation by <strong>the</strong> destruction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> substrata (<strong>of</strong> existence).<br />
71. Siggavo Candavajjo ca Moggaliputtaṁ mahājutiṁ<br />
vācesuṁ piṭakaṁ sabbaṁ ubhatosaṅgahapuṇṇakaṁ. 176 |<br />
71. Siggava and Candavajjī taught <strong>the</strong> glorious Moggaliputta all <strong>the</strong> Piṭakas<br />
which are filled with collections referring to both (Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis)<br />
(or: [144] <strong>the</strong> Sutta collection, as it bad been settled at <strong>the</strong> two convocations?).<br />
72. Siggavo ñāṇasampanno Moggaliputtaṁ mahājutiṁ<br />
katvā vinayapāmokkhaṁ nibbuto so chasattati. |<br />
72. Siggava, possessed <strong>of</strong> (true) knowledge, made <strong>the</strong> glorious Moggaliputta<br />
chief <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vinaya, and attained Nibbāna after having completed seventy-six<br />
years.<br />
73. Candagutto rajjaṁ kāresi vassāni catuvīsati,<br />
tasmiñ cuddasavassamhi Siggavo parinibbuto |<br />
73. Candagutta ruled twenty-four years; when he had completed fourteen years,<br />
Siggava attained Parinibbāna.<br />
74. āraññako dhutavādo appiccho kānane rato<br />
sabbaso so rato danto saddhamme pāramīgato |<br />
74. (Siggava was) a dweller in <strong>the</strong> forest, keeping <strong>the</strong> Dhutaṅga precepts, <strong>of</strong><br />
limited desires, attached to forest life, full <strong>of</strong> goodwill, <strong>of</strong> subdued passions, and<br />
perfect in <strong>the</strong> true Doctrine.<br />
75. pantasenāsane ramme ogāhetvā mahāvanaṁ<br />
eko adutiyo sūro sīho va girigabbhare. |<br />
75. In a remote, delightful abode, in <strong>the</strong> depth <strong>of</strong> a great forest, this hero (lived)<br />
alone without a companion, like a valiant lion in his mountain cave.<br />
176 ubhosaṅgahasuttakaṁ? comp. 7, 28.