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Dipavamsa (study)

by Sibani Barman | 2017 | 55,946 words

This page relates ‘later kings� of the study on the Dipavamsa conducted by S. Barman in 2017. The Dipavamsa is the base material of the Vamsa literatures of Ceylon (Srilanka or Sri-Lanka) writtin the Pali language.

Chapter 4e - The later kings

ٱ峾辱ⲹ-Tissa seems to have died without issue, for he was succeeded by four of his brothers.His four brothers ascended the throne after him in sucession at Գܰ󲹱ܰ and they played a great role for the progress of Buddhism in Sri-Lankā. They established new centres and in order to maintain the monks they helped properly. Ѳś (-247) ascended the throne after Uttiya. He ruled ten years. Then Suratissa (-237) occupied the throne. He was the younger brother of ٱ峾辱ⲹ-Tissa.

He also reigned for ten years. He was outsted by Sena and Guttika (237-215 B.C.), two Tamil horse-dealers. Most probably they reigned jointly at Գܰ󲹱ܰ for twenty-two years.Then Asela (215-205 B.C.), the youngest (ninth) brother of King ٱ峾辱ⲹ-Tissa captured the throne from the Tamils and ruled for ten years. Then ḷār (205-161 B.C.), a Tamil from the ḷa country captured the throne and defeated Asela and reigned at Գܰ󲹱ܰ for forty-four years.

첹ṇṇ-Tissa, the great grand son of Mahānaga, brother of ٱ峾辱ⲹ-Tissa, son of Goṭhābhaya was the ruler of dzṇa.He received his name on account of his dark colour. His capital was at Mahāgama. He had as wife, ٱī (better known as Vihāradevi), daughter of the king of Kalyāni named Tissa, who had been cast into the sea to expiate her father’s crimes.

Their children were Duṭṭhagāmaṇ�-Abhaya and Saddhātissa. 첹ṇṇ-Tissa was very pious, and is said to have built sixty-four , sixty-four years being also the length of his reign. Among the religious edifices built by him were the Tissamahārāma, the Cittalapabbata- and the ѲԳܲ cetiya. He was creamated at Tissamahārāma. The ī貹ṃs speaks of 첹ṇṇ-Tissa’s daughters, Ѳ󾱱 and Գ, as being proficient in the history of the religion (Saddhammavaṃsakovida) 165.

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