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That king, taking his army, set out for battle; Hearing that, the Lambakaṇṇas also gathered for battle. 34. At the Papallakkhandha gate, in the field of Hiṅkaravāpi; A battle ensued between the two, causing mutual harm. 35. Due to bodies weary from the journey, the king’s men faltered; The king, proclaiming his name, himself entered there. 36. Frightened by him, the Lambakaṇṇas fell on their stomachs; Cutting off their heads, he made them equal to jewels. 37. When this was done three times, the compassionate king; Said, “Do not kill them, but capture them alive!” 38. Then, having conquered the battle, the king returned to the city; Raising his parasol, he went to the Tissavāpi festival. 39. Having emerged for water sports, beautifully adorned and decorated; His own glorious prosperity seeing the danger to them. 40. Remembering the Lambakaṇṇas, he angrily yoked the chariots; A line of yokes, one after another, entered the city before them. 41. Standing at the threshold of the Mahāvatthu, the king commanded, "Cut off their heads, sirs, at this threshold!" 42. "The oxen yoked to these chariots are yours, O lord of chariots; Have their horns and hooves cut off, sirs!" 43. Then, instructed by his mother, he prevented the beheading; The king had their noses and big toes cut off. 44. The king gave the elephant-reared country to the elephants; Thus it was named "Elephant-enjoyed country." 45. Thus, King Iḷanāga, the ruler of Anurādhapura, ruled for six years, lacking nothing. 46. After Iḷanāga, his son, Candamukhasiva, ruled as king for eight years and seven months. 47. The king also had a monastery built in Maṇikāragāma, and gave it to the monastery named Issarasamaṇa. 48. The queen of that king, known as Damiḷadevī, also gave her own share to that same monastery. 49. Having killed Candamukhasiva at Tissavāpī during play, his younger brother, known as Yasaḷālakatissa, 50. ruled as king in beautiful Anurādhapura, the charming face of Laṅkā, for seven years and eight months. 51. Dovārika, the doorkeeper, who was given to Dovirika, was himself named Subha, resembling the king in appearance. 52. King Yasaḷālaka, for amusement, adorned that strong Subha with royal ornaments and seated him on the throne. 53. He placed the royal turban on the strong man's head, and holding a staff in his hand, stood himself at the doorway. 54. When the ministers bowed, he, the king, laughed at him seated on the throne, and did this from time to time. 55. "One day, the strong man, seeing the king laughing, thought, 'Why does this strong man laugh in my presence?'" 56. Having had the king killed, that strong man Subha here, the kingdom He reigned for six years, renowned as King Subha. 57. In the two great monasteries, King Subha, delightful, had a row of cloisters built, named Subha after himself. 58. Near Uruvela, and also the Vellivihāra, one gate in the east, Nandigāma on the bank of the Gaṅgā. 59. A son of the Lambakaṇṇa clan, who lived in the northern region, attended the commander-in-chief, his uncle named Vasabha. 60. “Vasabha will be king,” hearing this prophecy, the king had all those named Vasabha slain on the island. 61. “We will give this Vasabha to the king,” so he, with his wife, advised the commander-in-chief, and went to the royal palace in the morning. 62. As he went, suddenly, he gave a betel quid, without lime, into Vasabha’s hand, to guard it well. 63. At the gate of the royal house, the commander-in-chief, seeing the betel quid without lime, sent him away for lime. 64. The commander-in-chief’s wife, to Vasabha who had gone for lime, told the secret, gave a thousand, and made him flee. 65. Vasabha went to the site of the Great Monastery; there he was received by the elders with milk-rice and robes. 66. After that, a leper, determined to be king, hearing the words, rejoiced, “He will be a robber,” he decided. 67. Having gathered strong men, then plundering villages, he went to Rohaṇa, following the advice of Kapallapu. 68. Gradually conquering the country, with a strong army, that king, in two years, came near the city. 69. Slaying King Subha in battle, that mighty Vasabha raised the banner before mealtime; his uncle also fell in battle. 70. That body of his uncle, who had been a benefactor in the past, King Vasabha made his chief queen, named Mettā. 71. He asked the Sohorapāṭhaka about the measure of his own lifespan; “He said twelve years,” and he was alone with him. 72. To keep the secret, he gave him a thousand; the king assembled the Saṅgha, and having paid homage, asked. 73. “Could it be "Venerable Sir, what is the cause of growth?" The Sangha replied, "There is a removal of obstacles." 74. The gift of a water-strainer, and the gift of a dwelling, and the gift of attendance to the sick, should be given, O lord of men. 75. "The repair of old dwellings should be done, and having undertaken the Five Precepts, they should be well-guarded. 76. The Uposatha fast should be observed on the Uposatha day." The king, saying "So be it," went and did all that. 77. After the lapse of three years, the king gave the three robes to the entire Sangha on the island. 78. He sent and gave to the future elders; he gave honey-rice at thirty-two places. 79. And at sixty-four places, a great mixed offering; he lit a thousand lamps at four places. 80. On Cetiyapabbata, and at the Thūpārāma cetiya, at the Mahāthūpa, and at the Mahābodhi-ghara, at these places. 81. He built ten beautiful thūpas on Cittalakūṭa; he repaired the old dwellings throughout the island. 82. And being pleased with the elder at Valliyeravihāra, he built a monastery named Mahāvalligotta. 83. He built Anurārāma near Mahāgāma; he gave a thousand karīsas of Heḷigāma land to it. 84. Having built Mucelavihāra in Tissavaḍḍhamānaka, he gave the water share of Āḷisāra to the monastery. 85. He made a stone casing for the thūpa at Kalambatittha; he built an Uposatha hall where Vaṭṭitela was. 86. Having built a thousand-karīsa tank, he gave it; he built an Uposatha hall in Kumbhigallaka monastery. 87. He also built an Uposatha hall at Issarasamaṇaka here; the king built a thūpa-house at Thūpārāma. 88. In the Mahāvihāra, a row of cells facing west; he built a catusāla and repaired the old ones. 89. A shrine for four Buddha images, and a house for images; the king himself built these in the beautiful Mahābodhiṅgaṇa. 90. The queen of that king She, of the mentioned name, a delightful stupa, and a charming stupa-house, likewise caused to be built. 91. Having completed the stupa-house in the stupa-park, the king; at its completion ceremony, also gave a great alms-giving. 92. For the bhikkhus skilled in the Buddha's word, requisites; and for the Dhamma-preaching bhikkhus, ghee and treacle. 93. At the four gates of the city, he caused alms to be given to the poor; and for sick bhikkhus, sick-requisites. 94. Mayetti, Rājuppalavāpi, Vahakolambagāmaka, Mahānika, Vittavāpi, and Mahārāma. 95. Kehāla, Kāḷivāpi, Cambuṭṭhi, Vātamaṅgana, and Abhivaḍḍhamānaka— thus, eleven tanks. 96. And twelve canals, he caused to be made for prosperity; and for protection, the city wall he caused to be raised. 97. And a gateway at the four entrances, and a great storehouse he caused to be built; a lake he made in the park, and released swans there. 98. In the city, many ponds, having caused to be made here and there; by an underground channel, water the king caused to enter there. 99. Thus, having performed various kinds of merit, King Vasabha; having overcome obstacles, was always diligent in meritorious deeds. 100. Eighty-four years, he ruled the city; and forty-four Vesākha pūjās he performed. 101. King Subha, while reigning, his only daughter; fearing Vasabha, entrusted to a bricklayer. 102. His own blanket, and royal treasures the king entrusted; when he was slain by Vasabha, the bricklayer took them. 103. Having placed her in the position of a daughter, he raised her in his own house; while he was doing his work, the girl brought him food. 104. She, seeing a bhikkhu in cessation-attainment, in a mango-blossom bush, on the seventh day, the wise one gave him food. 105. Again, having cooked food, she brought food to her father; being asked the reason for the delay, she told her father the matter. 106. Pleased, he repeatedly caused food to be given to the elder; the elder, confident, seeing the future, He said to the maiden: 107. “When you attain sovereignty, this place, maiden, you should remember.” Then the Elder passed into Nibbāna. 108. That King Vasabha, when his son Vaṅkanāsika Tissa reached maturity, sought a maiden suitable for him. 109. Men were sent to search, and seeing that maiden in the village of Iṭṭhakavaḍḍhakī, they, skilled in women’s marks, 110. reported to the king. The king began to send for her. Then Iṭṭhakavaḍḍhakī said she was a king’s daughter. 111. She made known her royal lineage from King Subha with blankets and other things. The king, pleased, gave her to his son, and the auspicious ceremony was performed. 112. After Vasabha’s demise, his son Vaṅkanāsika Tissa ruled in Anurādhapura for three years. 113. That King Vaṅkanāsika Tissa built a monastery named Mahāmaṅgala on the bank of the Goṇa river. 114. That Queen Mahāmattā, remembering the Elder’s words, collected wealth for the purpose of building a monastery. 115. After Vaṅkanāsika Tissa’s demise, his son, Gajabāhuka Gāmaṇi, ruled for twenty-two years. 116. Hearing his mother’s words, he built for his mother the Royal Mother’s Monastery at the Kadambapupphaṭṭhāna. 117. That wise mother gave a hundred thousand for the land of the Great Monastery, and built a monastery. 118. She herself built there a stone stūpa, and gave a Saṅgha-bhoga purchased from various places. 119. He enlarged and plastered the Abhayuttara Mahāthūpa, and made an entrance