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To the queen given by the king, n the boundaries he proclaimed; Also the thirty-two places for the *māḷaka*, and for the Thūpārāma. 212. Having proclaimed the boundaries, the great elder, the greatly wise; And having proclaimed the inner boundaries, according to custom. 213. He bound all the boundaries, on that very day; The great earth trembled, when the binding of the boundaries was completed. 214. On the fifth day, the elder, having eaten at the king's house; Seated in the Nandanavana, the Khajjanīyaka Sutta. 215. Having taught it to the great assembly, a thousand people there; Having made them drink the draught of immortality, he resided in the Mahāmeghavana. 216. On the sixth day also, the elder, having eaten at the king's house; Seated in the Nandanavana, the Gomayapiṇḍika Sutta. 217. Having taught it, the knower of teachings, to a thousand people; Having made them attain comprehension, he resided in the Mahāmeghavana. 218. On the seventh day also, the elder, having eaten at the king's house; Seated in the Nandanavana, the Dhammacakkappavattana. 219. Having taught the Sutta, to a thousand people; Having made them attain comprehension, he resided in the Mahāmeghavana. 220. Thus indeed, eight or nine thousand, the radiant one; Having caused comprehension, in just seven days. 221. That great Nandanavana, is called by that name by such a one; The place where the Dispensation shone forth—thus it is called Jotivanā. 222. In Tissarāma he built, The king for the elder first; A palace quickly raising, Having dried the clay. 223. The palace was dark in appearance, So it was there; It came to be known as the Kāḷapāsāda Pariveṇa. 224. Then the Mahābodhighara, and the Lohapāsāda; And the Salākagga he made, and the refectory well. 225. Many monasteries, and good ponds; Night residences, day residences, and so forth he built. 226. For his bathing place, on the bank of the bathing pond; It is called the Sunahāta Pariveṇa. 227. At his walking place, of the good island lamp; That monastery is called Dīghacaṅkamana. 228. The foremost fruit where the husks were collected, that is called the Phalagga Pariveṇa. 229. Where the elder sat without a backrest, that is called the Thera Passaya Pariveṇa. 230. Where many groups of Marus worshipped the dead, for that reason, it is called the Marugaṇa Pariveṇa. 231. Dīghasanda, the general of the king, built a small palace with eight great pillars. 232. That is called there the Dīghasanda Senāpati Pariveṇa, that pariveṇa is the foremost, the chief. 233. That king, whose name was Devānaṃpiyavacana, having come to the wise Great Mahinda Thera, had this first Great Vihāra built in Laṅkā. In the Mahāvaṃsa, composed for the serene joy and emotion of good people, The Fifteenth Chapter, named "The Acceptance of the Great Vihāra." Sixteenth Chapter The Acceptance of the Cetiyapabbata Vihāra 1. Having gone for alms in the city, having gathered people, eating in the royal palace, gathering the king. 2. For six hundred days the elder resided in the Mahāmeghavana. Then, on the thirteenth day of the bright half of Āsaḷha, 3. having eaten in the royal palace, the great wise one of the great king, having taught the Mahā’ppamāda Suttanta, and then he, 4. desiring to build a vihāra there on Cetiyapabbata, departed from the eastern gate and went to Cetiyapabbata. 5. Hearing that the elder had gone there, the king, mounting his chariot, and taking two queens, followed the elder. 6. The elders, having bathed in the lake there at Nāgacatukka, stood in a line to ascend the mountain. 7. The king then descended from his chariot and saluted all the elders. "O King, why have you come, weary in the heat?" they asked. 8. When he said, "I have come, fearing your departure," they said, "We have come to reside for the rains right here." 9. The elder, skilled in sections, spoke to the king about the Upasampadā Khandhaka. Hearing that, the king's nephew Great Minister Mahāriṭṭha, with fifty-five brothers, together with elders and youngsters, stood before the king. 11. Having requested that very day, they went forth with the Elder; all attained Arahantship, those great-minded ones, at the razor's edge. 12. At the Kantaka Cetiya site, all around, that very day, he caused works to be started for sixty-eight caves. 13. The king went to the city; those Elders stayed right there; in due time, for alms, to the city, entering, compassionate ones. 14. When the cave work was finished, on the full moon of Āsaḷha, having gone, the king gave to the Elders the monastery as an offering. 15. And for the thirty-two pavilions, and for that very monastery, the Elder, transcending boundaries, established the boundary that very day. 16. For those seeking ordination, he performed the higher ordination; for all, for the very first time, in the established Tumbaru pavilion. 17. These sixty-two Arahants, all on the Cetiya mountain, having entered the rainy season retreat there, performed the king's favor. 18. That group, reckoned by gods and humans, and that group, whose fame was spread by virtues; having approached the vehicle and honoring it, they accumulated abundant merit. In the Mahāvaṃsa, made for the serene joy and spiritual urgency of good people, the Sixteenth Chapter, named "The Acceptance of the Cetiya Mountain Monastery." Seventeenth Chapter The Coming of the Relics 1. Having completed the rainy season retreat and performed the Pavāraṇā, on the full moon of Kattika, the great Elder, the great wise one, spoke this to the great king. 2. Indeed, the Fully Enlightened One, our Teacher, has been seen for a long time, O lord of men; we have lived without a protector; there is nothing for us to worship here. 3. "Did you not say, venerable sir, 'The Fully Enlightened One has attained Nibbāna'?" (The Elder) said: "When the relics are seen, the Conqueror is seen." 4. Your intention is known to me regarding the matter of the stupa; I shall cause a stupa to be built; you (should) know the relics. 5. "Consult with Sumana," the Elder said to the king; The king said to that novice, "From where shall we obtain the relics?" 6. Having adorned the city, and the path, O lord of men; observing the Uposatha, with his retinue, having mounted the auspicious elephant... enough. 7. Wearing a white parasol, accompanied by musicians; To the Great Serpent Forest Park, at evening time, he went. 8. "O King, knower of the distinctions of relics, there you will obtain relics; I wish, that novice, Sumana, with a good mind." 9. Then the Elder, from the royal palace, went to the Cetiyapabbata; Addressing the novice, Sumana, of good conduct. 10. "Come, good Sumana, go to the excellent Flower City; To your grandfather, the great king, speak our words thus. 11. 'Your friend, O great king, the great king Maruppiya; Pleased with the Buddha's dispensation, wishes to build a stupa. 12. Give the relics of the Sage, the bowl eaten from by the Teacher; Many bodily relics are indeed with you. 13. Taking them, a bowlful, go to the excellent city of the gods; To Sakka, the lord of gods, speak our words thus. 14. 'Of him worthy of offerings in the three worlds, the right canine tooth relic; Is with you, O lord of gods, and the right collarbone relic. 15. You yourself worship the tooth, give the collarbone to the Teacher; In the affairs of the island of Lanka, do not be negligent, O king of gods.' " 16. "So be it, Venerable Sir," said he, that novice of great psychic power; At that very moment, he went to the presence of Dhammāsoka. 17. Placed at the foot of a Sāla tree, the Great Bodhi was heard of there; He saw it being worshipped with the Katthika festival offerings. 18. Having spoken the Elder's words, and received the relics from the king; Taking a bowlful, he approached the Himavanta. 19. Having placed the excellent bowl with relics in the Himavanta; Going to the presence of the lord of gods, he spoke the Elder's words. 20. From the Cūḷāmaṇi Cetiya, taking the right collarbone relic; Sakka, the lord of gods, gave it to the novice. 21. That relic and the relic-bowl, taking them, Sumana then; Came back to Cetiyagiri, and gave them to the Elder, the ascetic. 22. To the Great Serpent Forest Park, by the method described, he came; At evening time, the king, preceded by the royal army. 23. The Elder placed all the relics right there on the mountain; Miss This mountain, therefore, is called Cetiya Mountain. 24. Having placed that relic-bowl, the Elder, on Cetiya Mountain, took the jawbone relic, and went with his retinue to the designated spot. 25. "If this is the relic of the Sage, may the parasol bow to me by itself; may this relic casket, with the relic, come to my knees." 26. "May it settle on my head, coming with the relic." Thus the king thought, and what he thought, so it happened. 27. As if sprinkled with nectar, the king became overjoyed. Taking it from his head, he placed it on the elephant's back. 28. The overjoyed elephant trumpeted, the earth trembled. Then the elephant turned back, with the Elder and the army. 29. Entering the beautiful city by the eastern gate, and then again exiting by the southern gate, 30. Going to the place behind the Cetiya at Thūpārāma, to the place of rejoicing, and returning to the Bodhi-place, 31. He stood facing east, that was the suitable stupa-place then, adorned with Kadamba flower- and creeper-vines. 32. The human-god, by the devas, had that pure place protected. Having it cleaned and decorated well, at that very moment, 33. To lower the relic, he began from the elephant's back. The elephant did not wish it; the king asked the Elder its mind. 34. "It wishes to be placed at a spot level with its own back; therefore, it does not wish the relic to be lowered," he said. 35. Commanding at that very moment, from the dry Abhaya tank, with pieces of dry mud,