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June, 1878.]
THE THREE NEW EDICTS OF ASOKA.
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sattarusannan vassándın thero ási pagunako 1" | tathera upasampanno Mahindo dipajotako 22 atikkantekádasavassai chhamdsari chávasesake Sanghamittà tada yeva sikkháyo vasam adiyi | 42 |
ahu Moggaliputto va theravá do mañágani 23) The information regarding the career of chatupaññásavassamhi Asokadhammo abhisitto A sok a's son, Mahinda, finally, is completed Asokass'ábhisittato chhasatthio Moggalisavhayo in the following passages :-(1) VI. 20, where tato Mahindo pabbajito Moggaliputtassa suntike his birth is stated to have taken place after 204 124 years of the Nirvana,
(3) XVII. 91-93, where the date of his death dve vassa satáni honti chatuvassash pan' uttari
is given as occurring after the completion of the samantaramhi so játo Mahindo Asokatrajo | 20 eighth year of Uttiya, and of the sixtieth year (2) VII. 21-24, where it is said that Mahinda after his ordination, became an ascetic when he was fall twenty
Uttiyo dasavsassamhi rajjan káresi khattiyo|91 years old, and when Asoka had reigned atthadassábhisittassa nibbuto dipajotako six years after his coronation); that Mahin
akási sariranikkhepain Tissáráme puratthime |92| da received the upasampadd ordination at the
paripunnadvádasavasso Mahindo cha idk' agato same time; and that Moggaliputta was fifty-
satthivasse paripunne nibbuto Chetiyapabbate 193
satthivassa parinunn four years old when A sok a's coronation took
The contents of these passages are most easily place, and sixty-six (?) when Asoka had
intelligible if they are given in tabular form, reigned six years. The last verse 18, however, and it is therefore advisable to imitate Mr. Rhys corrupt, and must be corrected as proposed be
Davids in this respect. It will also be advisable low:
to exhibit the information of the Dipavansa paripunnavísativusso Mahindo Asokatrajo
exactly in that form in which it is given, with Sarighamittá cha játéya passam atthárasar out correcting any of the inconsistencies of the bhane 21
text. If that is done we obtain the following chhavassamhi Asokassa" ubho pabhajitá pajal results :
Spiritual Agel Spiritual Age
Length of Name. Date of Upasampada. at Pupil's
Date of Death. at Death.
Chiefship of t'pasampada.
Vinaya. 1. Upâli
60 years D. 74th year [D. V. Udayabhadra 30 years [D. IV. 27, V. 103]
6=30 A.B. (D. IV. 34, V.
76]. 74 years [D. V. 95). IV.38, V.97]. 89). 2. Då saka ...... Ajátaśatru 24 = Wijaya:
24 = Vijava, 40 years [D. 64th year (D. V. 91, Sisunaga, 8= 50 yrs [D. 16 = 16 A.B. D. IV. V. 76).
761 1 04 IV. 43).
104 ; IV. 43). 80 A.B. [D. V. V. 96). 26, 27; V. 76, 77.] 45 years [D. 64 years [D. V. 95). 98.]
IV. 41). 3a. Sonaka....... Nagadása 10 = Pan. 40 years [D. 66th year [D. V. 92, Nandas 6 = 44 yrs [D. durája 20 = 58 A.B. IV. 44, V. 105].
124 A.B. [D. V. 96). (D. IV. 41; D. V. 78, 70). 66 years [D. V. 95). V. 99.]
79.] 36. Chandavajja The same. Not stated. Not stated. Not stated. Not stated. 4. Siggava...... KAlasoka 10, or 10 + + 64 years [D. 75 years [D. V. 93, Chandragupta 55 yrs [D.
month Inter. V. 69, 811.106).
14 = 176 A.B. V. 96). regnum, 11 or 11 +
[D. V. 73, 6 mos. = 100 A.B. [D.
100.] IV.44, 45; V. 80.] 5. Tisss - Mog- Chandragupta 2 = Pa- 66 years [D. 86th [D. V. 94, 107]. Asoka 26 = 68 yrs (D. galiputta. kunda 58 164 A.B. V. 82, VII 80th [D. V. 95, 107) 244 A.B. DIV. 96).
[D. V. 69, 81.] 24). 38th D. V.94). 6. Mahinda, 204 Aboka 6 = 224 A.B. [D. Not stated. 60 years [D. XVII. Uttiya 8 = 284 Not stated, A.B. [D. VI. V. 82, VII. 22-24.]
93].
A.B.[D. XVII. but may be 20.]
93.7
• calculated
at 40 yrs.
66
CD. 86th D.
96, 1073
102.]
31 Dr. Oldenberg's very probable emendation is, choro dsi Pakundako.
5* The genitive stands for the locative, as above. 30 . 1., and the correct one, theravade.
40 Dr. Oldenberg proposes Asokabhisitte chhavasse, and I read in addition sathi for chhasathi, as required by the metre and the sense.
* Not stated, but 4 before B. may be obtained by doducting length of chiefship from spiritual age.
