932 Pali Buddhistical Annals. [Nov. 



dhism through the adjacent kingdoms of Asia, viz. Gandhdro, Mahiso> 

 Aparantako, Mahardtthdn, Yono, Hiwawanto, Suwannabhilmi and 

 Lankddipo. 



The ninth Bhdnawdro commences with the history of Ceylon, and 

 it is singular that the origin of the Sihala race is here divested of the 

 fabulous character given to it in the Mahdwanso to the extent formerly 

 suggested by me. If the popular legend of the lion (siho) had not 

 been previously known, the account in the Dipawanso would have 

 been rendered, by any unprejudiced translator, into English without 

 naming the fabulous monster, literally thus : 



» This island Lanka acquired the name of Sihala from Siho*. Listen to this narra- 

 tive of mine, being the account of the origin of this island and this dynasty. The 

 daughter of a king of Wango, having formed a connection with a certain Siho, who 

 found his livelihood in a wilderness, gave birth to two children. These two children 

 named Si'HABa ; hu and Se'wali were of prepossessing appearance. The mother 

 was named Susima', and the father was called Siho, and at the termination of 

 sixteen years, secretly quitting that wilderness, he (Si'haba'hu) founded a city, 

 to which capital he gave the name of Sihapura. In that Lala kingdom, the son 

 of Si'Ho becoming a powerful monarch, reigned supreme in his capital Sihapura." 



This Bhdnaivdro proceeds with the account of Wijayo landing in 

 Ceylon, and the establishment of his dynasty, omitting however, entirely, 

 Wijayo's marriage with Kuwe'ni, and narrates the reigns of the ensu- 

 ing kings to De'wananpiyatisso, assigning to them reigns of the same 

 duration, as that given to them in the Mahdwanso. We then find the 

 synchronisms in the chronologies of India and Ceylon, which are quot- 

 ed in the introduction to the Mahdwanso from the Atthahathd in the 

 Wineyo. 



I do not notice any matter in the Dipawanso, not found in the 

 Mahdivanso, till I come to the eighteenth Bhdnawdro. The theripa- 

 rampard, or succession of preceptresses is there given, taken from the 

 Atthakathd on the Wineyo in the following words : 



" She who was renowned under the appellation of Pajdpati, and was of the 

 Gotamo family, endowed with six abinnd and with supernatural gifts, the younger 

 sister, born of the same mother, of Maha'ma'ya' (the mother of Buddho) : and 

 who, with the same affection as Maya herself nourished Bhagawa' at her breast, 

 was established in the highest office (among priestesses). 



* '* Pachchantan," I have translated, " foreign" in the Mahdwanso, as the word 

 is compounded of " pati" and " antan." It would be better rendered as " situated 

 on the confines." 



Wanawdsi is here omitted, probably by an error of transcription. 



This passage is important Mdtacha Susimdndma, pitdcha Sihasawhayo. If M Siho'' 

 was intended for a "lion," li Sawhayo" which signifies "named" or " called" 

 would not be used. 



