Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

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VI. [Asoka’s Conversion]
1. Dve satāni ca vassāni aṭṭhārasa vassāni ca
sambuddhe parinibbute abhisitto Piyadassano. |
1. Two hundred and eighteen years after the Parinibbāna of the Sambuddha
Piyadassana was anointed king.
2. āgatā rājaiddhiyo abhisitte Piyadassane,
pharati puññatejañ ca uddhaṁ adho ca yojanaṁ,
Jambudīpe mahārajje balacakke pavattati. 184 |
2. When Piyadassana was installed, the miraculous faculties of royal majesty
entered into him; he diffused the splendour which he had obtained in
consequence of his merits, one yojana above and one beneath (the earth); the
wheel of his power rolled through the great empire of Jambudīpa.
3. vaso Anotatto daho Himavāpabbatamuddhani,
sabbosadhena saṁyuttā soḷasam pi kumbhiyo
tadā devasikaṁ niccaṁ devā abhiharanti te. 185 | [42]
3. The Devas constantly brought to him (?) every day sixteen jars of water (?),
filled with medical herbs of every description, from the Anotatta lake at the
[147] top of the Himavat mountains.
4. nāgalatādantakaṭṭhaṁ sugandhaṁ pabbateyyakaṁ
mudusiniddhaṁ madhuraṁ rasavantaṁ manoramaṁ
tadā devasikaṁ niccaṁ devatābhiharanti te. |
4. The Devas then constantly brought every day fragrant teeth-cleansers made of
the betel vine, which were grown in the mountains, soft, smooth, sweet,
endowed with flavour, and delightful.
184184 mahārajje A B G2, °jja C G1 R, °jjaṁ M n F. – balacakkhaṁ?
185 vaso Anotatto yo A, vaso Anodatto dayo G, vaso Anotatte dahe N, vahe
Anodattadahe F, Anodattodakaṁ yeva Z. In B these words are wanting. yo so An°
daho? tassa Anotatte dahe? Samantapās.: “devasikam eva tassa devatā … āharanti.” –
soḷasamhi k° A1. °sam pi A2, °saṁ pi B G, °sam ca Z, °sam pi ca N, (sa pi caca F. soḷasa
ambukumbhiyo? soḷ° pānīyakumbhiyo? Samantapās.: “Anotattadahato … soḷasa
pānīyaghaṭe … devatā āharanti.”