The Mahávaṇsa, part II.; Containing chapters XXXIX, to C. Translated from the original Páli into English, for the government of Ceylon

by Dhammakitti

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 ...48 full of energy, and well fitted to govern a kingdom. And there was none like unto him in any respect. Therefore the king 49 bestowed on him, in due form, the chief governorship (that Udaya had held), and gave the southern country with the materiel of war thereof. And Kittaggabodhi, the chief of the Rohana, had four sons 50 and three fair and lovely daughters. And his sister caused the 51 eldest son, the prince Mahinda, to be put to death, and took possession of the country and its treasure. Whereupon the three 52 princes, being provoked to anger at the murder of their brother, fled to the king's court, taking their three sisters with them. And the king, being a man of great lovingkindness, was filled 53 with compassion on seeing their forlorn condition, and pitied them like his own children, and brought them up lovingly in all comfort as if they were the offspring of the gods. In process of 54 time the king provided Kassapa, the eldest of them, with an army, and charged him to go and take possession of the country (that was his inheritance). And so he proceeded thither and put 55 his aunt to death, and brought all the provinces of the Rohana under him, and dwelt there, free from all danger. And then he 56 0 Evidently another name by which king Sena was known. 91--87 K sent and called his two brethren, Sena and Udaya, and divided the country among them, and lived peacefully with them. 57 And the three royal maidens whom the king had brought up came of age and were fair and beautiful as goddesses. And the 58 king raised the one called Sangha to the rank of a queen and gave her to the sub-king (Sena) to wife, with treasures equal 59 in value to his kingdom. And to the younger brother Mahinda, 60 who was endued with every virtue, and skilled in all the arts,...

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Published January 1, 2012