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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (OEYLON). [VoL. XXH. 
son of Sri Vira Vijaya Bahu VI. (circa 1400-1411) by his queen 
Sunetra Devi of the Girivansa, and was born circa 1395.^ 
Escaping with her two infant sons when Ko^^e was sacked 
and the king taken captive by the Chinese, Sunetra Devj 
fled with them in disguise and concealed them in the regions 
^ Vide Appendices A, B (Valentyn). 
o^®®0txi (3^a)<5 q)C3 e^eozsJ <f2a t^i^S) cJg'ai ^sgr* 8© eg 6^ 
— C3t6as&®a386'45), 27 233. 
" He sprang of the unblemished race of monarchs who thus bore mighty 
sway with such majesty and power, the son of the monarch Sevulu* 
Vijaya Bahuf and grandson of king Parakrama Bahu,f Queen Sunetra 
Maha Devi the creeper that twined round the wishing tree, the Lemeni 
Jaya Maha Lena LordJ bore this beautiful Bodhisatva, this royal 
ohild..'' PerdkunJ^aairita, v. 27. 
* The Sevulu family was a branch of the Solar race ; for origin of the 
name, vide Rdjaratndkara, p. 52. 
I ** Grandson of Parakrama Bahu," m third line, probably refers to 
the tnaternal grandfather of the king, Dambadeniye Bandar Pardkrama 
Bahu, the father of Sunetra Devi. — Couto says that it was he who 
was carried away by the Chinese. ' ' This captive king had a daughter {i.e. , 
Sunetra Devi), a widow, with two infant sons {i.e., Sri Parakrama Bahu 
VI. and the sub -king May adunn6 Paraki-ama Bahu), whose fate willed 
it that they should escape the Chins on the day of the sacking, and she fled 
with them into the interior."— Joum., R.A.S. (C.B.), 1904, vol. XVIII., 
No. 55, p. 303, App. H. Probably Sri Paral^rama Bahu was the adopted 
son and heir of his maternal grandfather, Dambadeni Bandar Parakrama 
Bahu, an under-king who wielded supreme power atKotte on the death 
of hfe son-in-law Vijaya Bahu (c/. Lee's Ribeiro, p. 24). Saddharmaratna- 
kara, in a passage the sense of which is rendered obscure by its com- 
pression, states that Vira Alakesvara was taken captive by the Chinese. 
It would thus follow from Couto and the Saddharmaratnakara that 
Sevulu Vijaya Bahu was probablj^ at Kotte while his brother Vira 
Bahu was ruling in Gampola, and on the former's death his father-in- 
law, Parakrama Bahu of the Girivansa, probably became king of Ko^ite, 
till he was captured by the Chinese through the perfidy of his clansman 
Alakesvara. But no definite conclusion can be come to till all the 
Chinese literature on the subject is available for reference. — Joum., 
R.A.S. (C.B.), 1904, loc. cit., App. A., p. 295. 
J Sevulu Vijaya Bahu was descended from Sumittra, of the Lemeni 
(Sk. Lambhakar^a) royal clan, who escorted the B6-tree, and was created 
Jaya Maha L6na, '* Chief Secretary for War," by king Deveijipetissa, 
hence in third line called J aya Maha Lena Lord. 
