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THE THREE NEW EDICTS OF ASOKA.
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Susunago dasavassar rajjar karesi issaro attha- had passed), then Siggava (had completed) sixtyvasse Susunagamhi Dasako parinibbato 98 four years, (and) fifty-eight years of PakundaSusunagass' achchayena honti te dasa bhataro ka's (reign had elapsed). Then Tissa-Moggasabbe b&visativassam rajjam kAresu vansato | liputta received the upasampadd ordination imesam chhatthe vassinam Sonako parinibbuto from Thera Siggava." | 99
82. When Dharma soka had (reigned) six Chandagutto rajjarn karesi vassâni chatavisati years, (then) Moggaliputta had completed tasmisi chuddasavassamhi Siggavo parinibbuto sixty-six years, (and) forty-eight years of king | 100
Mutasiva had passed. Then) Mahinda Bindusarassa yo putto Asokadhammo mahayaso received the upasampadá ordination from Mog. vassâni sattatiņsam pi rajjarn kâresi khattiyo| 1011" galiputta. A sokassa chhavisativasse Moggaliputtasavhayo 83. And Up&li learned the Vinaya from sâsanan jotayitvâna nibbuto &yusankhaye 102 ** Buddha; Då saka, having learnt the whole chatusattativassamhi thero Up&lipandito saddhi. Vinaya from Thera U pâli, recited (it) like (his) viharikan theram Dasakam nama panditar vina- teacher in the Faith. yatthane thapetvâna nibbuto so mahagani 103 84. Då saka, the Thera, instructed Sonaka Dásako Sonakam theram saddhivihårikar anup
also in the Vinaya, (and he), having mastered it, padam katvå vinayapámokkham chatusatthimbi repeated it before his teacher. nibbuto 104
85. Sonaka, endowed with intelligence and Sonako chalabhiññano Siggavam ariyatrajarvi
acquainted with the law and the Vinaya, taught nayatthâne thapetvâna chhasatthimhi pari nibbu- Siggava the whole Vinaya, sentence by sentence. to 105
86. Sigga va and Chanda vajja (nere) Siggavo Tanasampanno Moggaliputtañ cha dara
the pupils of Sonaka. The Thera taught both kam katva vinayapamokkhar nibbuto so chha
his pupils the Vinaya. sattati 106
87. And Tissa-Moggaliputta, having Tisso Moggaliputto so Mahindar saddhivihari.
learnt the Vinaya from Chandavajja, was kam katvå vinayapámok khan chhâsitivas sambi
emancipated by the destruction of the substrata nibbuto 107"
(i.e. became an Arhat). Translation.
89. Moggaliputta, the teacher, taught 76. Sixteen years had elapsed after the pro
Mahinda, his pupil, the whole Vinaya, the tector of the world (Buddha) had entered Nir.
whole, entire doctrine of the Theras. våna, then the learned Up&li had just com
89. After the Bambuddha had entered Nirvana, pleted sixty years ; 28
"Phera U páli, endowed with great lustre, taught 77. Then twenty-four years of Aj&tasa
the whole Vinaya during thirty years. tru's (reign) and sixteen of Vijaya's had
90. Having appointed his pupil, Thera Đáelapsed, (and then) Då saka received the upa
saka, to the office of Chief of the) Vinaya, that sampadd ordination from Thera U p&li.
high-souled man entered Nirvana. 78. The learned Dasaka (had completed), just
91. Dá saka made his pupil, Thera Sonaforty years, when Någada sa (had reigned) ten
k a, in his tarn, Chief of the Vinaya, and died in years, and twenty years of) Panduraja's (reign
(kis) sixty-fourth year.88 had passed);
92. Sonaka, possessed of the six superna79. Then) Thera Sonaka received the upa
tural faculties, appointed Sigga va, of honoura. sampadd ordination " from Thera Dá sa ka.
ble descent, to the office of Chief of the Vinayo, The wise Thera called Sonaka had completed and died in (his) sixty-sixth year. forty years.
93. Siggava, possessed of (true) knowledge. 80. When KalAsoka had completed ten
made Moggaliputta, the youth, Chief of the years, and the eleventh year of the interregnum Vinaya, and died after completing) seventy-six in Ceylon was the current one), (then) Sig.
years. gava received the upasampadd ordination from 94. And Tissa-Moggaliputta made his Thera Sonak ajo
pupil Mahinda Chief of the Vinaya, and died in 81. Two years of Chandragupta's (reign
(his) sixty-eighth year.
93 The first line seems to be corrupt, as the figure is wrong. Perhaps attha cha has to be read for issaro.
** Probably 'Dhe masoko' should be read. *s Perbapa Moggali-sarhayo is to be read.
* Probably nibbuto to be read. s1 Corrupt, see below. v. 1. astivassamhi.
* The construction is apparently a mixture of the loc. and gen. absol., and occurs frequently.
20 Upasa mpad4, 1.. second or full ordination. 30 Regarding these dates more will be said below. 31 Pakundaka is another name of Panduk Abhaya.
3The years are to be counted from the wpasampada : see below, v. 95.
33 v. I. in his 38th year.
