1838.] Pali Buddhistical Annals. 933 



" The following are the priestesses who (in succession) acquired a perfect know- 

 ledge of the wineyo, viz. : Khe'ma' Uppalawanna', two of each name, and Pata'- 

 cha'ri, Dhammadikna', Sobhita', Isida'sika', Wisa'kha', As6ka\ Sapala', 

 Sanghada'si, gifted with wisdom, Nanda' and Dhammapa'la', celebrated for 

 her knowledge of Wineyo. 



" The theri Sanghamitta', Uttara', who was gifted with wisdom, He'mapa'sa, 

 Dassala', Aggamitta', Dasika', Pheggupabbata', Matta', Salala', Dhamma- 

 Da'SIYA — these juvenile priestesses came hither from Jambudipo, and propounded the 

 Winayapitako in the capital designated Anuradhapura — they propounded not onlv the 

 five divisions of the wineyo, but also the seven Pakarandni. 



" The females who were ordained upasampadd by them in this island were Soma, 

 devoted to Dhammo, Goridi'pi', Dhammada'siyi, Dhammapa'la' versed in the 

 wineyo, Mahila conversant in the dhutawddd, So'bhana, Dhammata, Passanaga- 

 missa', also versed in the wineyo, and Sa'ta ka'li profound in the theri contro- 

 versy, and Uttara'. 



" Under the instructions of A'bhayo* celebrated for his illustrious descent, the 

 aforesaid priestesses as well as SuMANA'f renowned for the doctrinal knowledge 

 among her sisterhood, a maintainer of the Dhiitangd, a vanquisher of the passions, 

 of great purity of mind, devoted to dhammo and wineyo, and Uttara' endowed with 

 wisdom, together with their thirty thousand priestesses, were the first priestesses 

 who propounded at Anuradhapura, the wineyo, the five Nikdye (of the Suttapitako) 

 and the Suttapakarant of the Abhidhammo. 



" Maha'la equally illustrious for her knowledge of the dhammo and for her 

 piety, was the daughter of the monarch Ka'kawanno Girika'li, profoundly versed 

 by rote, was the daughter of his Poorohito (the almoner of Ka'kawanno') ; 

 Ka'lada'si and Sabbapa'pika' were the daughters of Gutto. These priestesses, 

 who always maintained the orthodox texts, and of perfect purity of mind, were 

 versed in the dhammo and wineyo, and having returned from the Rohana division 

 maintained by the illustrious ruler of men AbhayoJ, propounded the Wineyo, 

 at Anuradhapura.^ 



The remainder of this passage is so confused as not to admit of a 

 continuous translation. 



In the twentieth Bhdnawdro is specified the reducing the scriptures 

 to record, in precisely the same two verses as in the Mahdivanso ; and 

 in the twenty-second it is mentioned that Wasabho the raja of Ceylon 

 between A. D. 66 and 110, brought water into the town of Anura- 

 dhapura through a tunnel " ummaggo" and with this Bhanawdro, 

 the Dipaivanso terminates at the close of the reign of Maha'se'no. 



* Abhayo, the brother of De'wananpiyatisso. 

 f Vide Index of the Mahdwanso for this name. 



* Vide Index for Gdmini Abhayo, the name of Dutthaga'mini before he 

 recovered the kingdom. 



