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wrote a regulation book, in one day spun and wove robes, and 

 offered eighty kathina robes, together with the other priestly 

 requisites, and spread his fame throughout the world. His successor 

 was Wijaya Bahu, who brought the relics from Dambadeniya to 

 Polonnaruwa. He made great offerings, spending thousands of 

 coins, assembled about 1 ,600 priests, held a grand ordination 

 festival at Dahastota, and kept up a system of alms-giving to the 

 great priesthood, and, on his death, which took place after he 

 had done good as regards both the worlds, his younger brother, 

 Bhuvaneka Bahu, the sole arm of the world, attended by his 

 ministers of every grade, made the beautiful rock Yapaw his 

 seat of Government, and enjoyed royal prosperity, having reduced 

 the three-fold Lanka under one banner ; he held an ordination 

 festival ; caused ba?ia-hooks to be written ; made great offerings 

 to the tooth-relic ; became renowned, and, acquiring merit, did 

 good to his subjects and to the cause of the Buddhist religion, 

 and attained heavenly bliss. 



During his reign, a minister, Arisakwiti by name, came to 

 Ceylon with the powerful army of the five Pandi brother Princes ; 

 destroyed the Church and State ; carried away the tooth-relic 

 and gave it to a Pandi King called Kulasekara. ThenPeramba, 

 a son of King Wijaya Bahu, having become King of Ceylon, 

 went over to the (Pandi) country, conciliated its King, brought 

 back the relic and deposited it at Polonnaruwa. 



A second Bhuvaneka Bahu, of matchless arm, son of King 

 Bhuvaneka Bahu, whose arm was the abode of the goddess of 

 property, came to the throne, made inquiries about the tooth- 

 relic, and having ascertained the fact, fearlessly went out, 



brought it back to his own city, and regularly made great offerings 

 to the relic and to the priests with the four priestly requisites ; he 

 caused nine (?) ordinations to be held in the interests of the religion, 

 patronised learning, created such grades as Tera, Md Tera^ 

 Aydten, Md Himi, promoted the cause of the religion, and in the 

 hope of attaining heaven and final release, he bestowed kathina 

 robes and the eight requisites, highly honoured the three gems, 

 and went to heaven. 



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