1837.] Account of the Tooth relic of Ceylon. 861 



precise and concise : " repairing to the Kdlinga country, bring hither Gu'hasi'- 

 wo and the piece of human bone, which he worships day and night." 

 Chittaya'no proceeds, with a great army, to Dantapura, and besieges the town. 

 Gu'hasi'wo at once makes his submission, presents Chittaya'no with 

 elephants and other tribute, and receives him with his army, into the capital. 

 "Within the palace of Gu'hasi'wo, Chittaya'no, delivers the commands of the 

 emperor, which the raja of K&linga receives with " feigned satisfaction." Here 

 Gu'hasi'wo enters into the history of the relic, as explanatory of the grounds 

 of his conversion, as well as of his adherence to Buddhism. His relation makes 

 a favorable impression on Chittaya'no and his officers, and they proceed, from 

 the palace to visit the relic temple, the splendor of which is described in glow- 

 ing terms. There Gu'hasi'wo opens the relic casket resting on his right 

 knee, and then, with clasped hands, makes an invocation to the relic, rehears- 

 ing the miracles formerly performed by it, and imploring that they may be 

 then repeated. Those miracles take place accordingly. Chittaya'no and 

 his army become converts, and make offerings. 



Here the second chapter closes, and as the third is the portion of 

 the work which furnishes, as I conceive, the evidence of the identity 

 of Pandu with the monarch by whom these inscriptions were 

 engraved, I shall furnish a literal translation of those parts of the 

 chapter which are applicable to the subject of the present inquiry. 



Chapter Third. 



" Chittaya'no nevertheless signified to the king of Kdlinga, that the 

 command of the emperor Pa'ndu was inviolable. Thereupon the raja Gu'ha- 

 si'wo, decorating Dantapura, with banners and flowers, (perfuming the streets) 

 with incense, and intercepting the rays of the sun with a canopy of cloth, 

 surrounded by his subjects both of the capital and from the country, with their 

 eyes streaming with tears, raising on his own head the precious relic casket, 

 and ascending a chariot, resplendent as the rising sun, and lined with costly 

 variegated cloth, over which was spread the splendid white canopy (of dominion), 

 and to which were harnessed horses, white as the cavity of shanks (shells) ; and fol- 

 lowed both by an innumerable concourse of people, rolling on, like the waves of 

 the ocean, and by the aspirations of the multitudes who remained behind at the 

 capital, ranged himself on the high road to Pdtilipura, which was every where, 

 in its full length and breadth, carefully strewed with white sand, lined with 

 filled vases (of bouquets), and festooned with (garlands of) flowers. On the 

 journey, this protector of Kdlinga, together with the tutelar deities of the wilder- 

 ness (through which he was travelling) made daily offerings to the tooth relic 

 of flowers, amidst dances and vocal and instrumental music. The protector of 

 his people (Gu'hasi'wo) escorting thus the tooth relic, and in due course 

 achieving his arduous journey, across rivers and mountains, reached the city 

 named Paiitipura. 



11 When the king of kings (Pa'ndu), in the midst of his court, perceived that 



this raja of Kdlinga was unawed by fear, and perfectly composed, furious with 



rage, he thus addressed the Nighantd who had maliciously informed (against 



Gu'hasi'wo). « This instant, committing to flames rising out of burning char- 



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