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the Bhadrayānika monks; The Channāgāras, the Sammitiyas, these are the Vajjīputtiya monks. 8. From the Mahiṃsāsaka monks, the Sabbatthavāda monks; And the Dhammaguttiya monks, these two indeed arose. 9. From the Sabbatthivādas arose, the Kassapiyas, and then; Arose the Saṅkantika monks, and then the Suttavādas. 10. With the Theravāda, these too are twelve in number; And the six traditions mentioned before, thus eighteen in total. 11. Seventeen also in the second, hundred years arose, thus; Other teacher-traditions, arose thereafter. 12. The Hematas, Rājagiriyas, and also the Siddhatthikas; And the Pubbaseliya monks, and also the Aparaseliyas. 13. The Vājiriyas, these six, were divided in Jambudīpa; The Dhammarucis and Sāgaliyas, were divided in Laṅkādīpa. The story of the traditions of teacher-lineages is finished. The Consecration of Dhammāsoka 14. The sons of Kāḷāsoka, were ten brothers; They ruled the kingdom, for twenty-two years. 15. Then came nine Nandas, successively as kings; They too ruled the kingdom, for twenty-two years. 16. Born in the lineage of the Moriya Khattiyas, the glorious one; Known as Candagutta, then the brahmin Cāṇakka. That ninth Dhanananda, having killed with fierce wrath, in the whole Jambudīpa, he was consecrated to kingship. 18. He for twenty-four years, as king ruled the kingdom. His son Bindusāra ruled for twenty-eight. 19. Bindusāra's sons were one hundred and one, renowned. Among them, however, Asoka was endowed with merit, power, and strength. 20. He, his step-brothers having killed ninety-nine, in the whole Jambudīpa attained sole sovereignty. 21. After the Buddha's Parinibbāna, before his consecration, two hundred and eighteen years, thus know. 22. Having attained in four years sole sovereignty, the greatly glorious one, in the city of Pāṭaliputta, consecrated himself. 23. Along with his consecration, in the sky and on the earth, for yojana after yojana, his command was constantly in effect. 24. From Anotatta, water-jars arrived day by day. The gods brought them, and the king made a distribution for the people. 25. Nāgalatā tooth-sticks they brought from the Himavanta. For many thousands the gods alone brought enough. 26. And medicinal amalaka, and medicinal haritaka, and from there, ripe mangoes, excellent in color, scent, and taste. 27. Five-colored cloths, and cleansing strips, and yellow divine drink, celestial beings from Chaddanta lake (brought). 28. Dying in that city, deer, boars, and birds, having come to the great kitchen, died by themselves. 29. Having grazed cows there, leopards drove them away. Fields, dwellings, lakes, etc., deer and boars protected. 30. Sumana flower garlands, untouched divine lotuses, ointments and collyrium, from the abodes of Nāgas and gods. 31. Thousands of loads of rice, and ninety parrots, moreover, from the Chaddanta lake itself brought day by day. 32. Those rice husks, without breaking the grains, mice made from them food for the royal household. 33. They made constantly for him honey, honeybees. Likewise in blacksmiths' workshops pure iron fell. 34. Karavīka birds, manu sweet-voiced; They came to her, and rained sweet words upon the king. 35. That king Asoka, having been anointed, the prince named Tissa, his younger, full-brother, he anointed as viceroy. The anointing of Dhammāsoka is finished. The sight of the novice Nigrodha. 36. His father sixty thousand Brahmins, supporters of Brahma, fed. He too, them same, for three years he fed. 37. Seeing their lack of peace, Asoka, in the distribution, appointed his ministers to give alms selectively. 38. The wise one, having ordered various sectarians separately, having examined them by their sitting, fed them and dismissed them. 39. At that time, gone to the window, a peaceful monk, come to the street, the novice Nigrodha, he saw and his mind was pleased. 40. Of Bindusāra's sons, of all, the eldest brother, Prince Sumana's son, that young prince was. 41. Asoka, by his father given, the kingdom of Ujjeni, having left, came to Pupphapura, when Bindusāra was ill. 42. Having made the city his own, when his father died, his brother, having killed the eldest, he seized the kingdom in the excellent city. 43. Prince Sumana's queen, named after him, from there, being pregnant, went out, beyond the eastern gate. 44. She went to the Caṇḍāla village, there, the Nigrodha deity, addressing her by name, came and gave her a house. 45. On that very day, a noble son, having given birth, for her son, she made the name Nigrodha, following the deity's favor. 46. Seeing her, the chief Caṇḍāla, as if his own mistress, thinking so, attended her well, for seven years. 47. The elder Mahāvaruṇa, then seeing the young prince, endowed with supporting conditions, the Arahant asked his mother. 48. He ordained him at the razor's edge, he attained Arahantship; He, approaching for a visit, from there, his mother, the queen. 49. And by the southern gate, having entered the excellent city, by the village-to-village road, he went to the royal courtyard then. 50. With his peaceful deportment, the great king was pleased; Even before By dwelling together, love for him arose. 51. Formerly, it is said, there were three brothers, honey merchants; One sold honey, two brought honey. 52. One Paccekabuddha was afflicted with a wound-disease; Another Paccekabuddha, for that purpose, desired honey. 53. By the practice of alms-round, he entered the city then; A certain maid, going to the bathing place for water, saw him. 54. Having asked, and knowing his desire for honey, she pointed with her hand; "That is the honey shop, venerable sir, go there," she said. 55. To the Buddha who arrived there, that merchant, full of faith, gave honey, overflowing from his mouth, filling the bowl. 56. Seeing the honey full, overflowing, and fallen on the ground, he was pleased, and made this aspiration then. 57. "May there be for me sole sovereignty in Jambudīpa by this gift; My command (reaching) a yojana in the sky, and a yojana on the ground." 58. When his brothers arrived, he said, "I gave honey to such a one; Do you all rejoice in it, since the honey was also yours." 59. The eldest, displeased, said, "Surely he is an outcast; Outcasts always wear saffron robes." 60. The middle one (said), "Throw that Paccekabuddha into the ocean!" Hearing his words of transferring merit, they (the others) also rejoiced. 61. From the shop, let him go to the country, he aspired for divinity for him; And a visible connection, and a very charming form. 62. Asoka was the honey-giver, Mittādevī was the maid; Nigrodha was the one who spoke of an outcast, Tissa was the one who spoke of throwing into the ocean. 63. The one who spoke of an outcast, was in an outcast village; He aspired for liberation, and attained liberation in just seven years. 64. The king, having fixed his love on him, then quickly had him summoned, and he, of peaceful conduct, came. 65. "Sit, my dear, on a suitable seat," said the king; Not seeing any other monk, he approached the lion-throne. 66. When he came to the couch, the king thought thus: "Today this novice will be the master in my house." 67. Holding the king's hand, he on the couch... ascended; He sat on the royal couch, beneath the white parasol. 68. Seeing him thus seated, King Asoka; Honoring his virtues, was exceedingly pleased then. 69. Having satisfied him with his own prepared food and drink; He asked the novice about the Dhamma taught by the Fully Awakened One. 70. The novice spoke to him the chapter on heedfulness; Hearing that, the king was pleased with the Buddha's teaching. 71. "I will give you eight daily meals, my dear," he said to him; "To my preceptor, O King, I will give them," he said. 72. Again, when eight were given, he gave them to his teacher; Again, when eight were given, he gave them to the community of monks. 73. Again, when eight were given, the wise one accepted; Taking thirty-two monks, he went on the second day. 74. Satisfied by the king with his own hands, he taught the Dhamma to the king; And established the great multitude in the refuges and precepts. The meeting with the novice Nigrodha Entry into the Dispensation 75. Then the pleased king, day by day, doubled the number; And gradually supported sixty thousand monks. 76. Having expelled sixty thousand sectarians; He constantly fed sixty thousand monks in his house. 77. Eager to feed sixty thousand monks; He had magnificent food and drink prepared. 78. Having adorned the city, he went and invited the Saṅgha; Having brought them home and fed them, he gave many requisites. 79. "How many sections is the Dhamma taught by the Teacher?" he asked; The Elder Tissa, Moggali's son, explained it to him then. 80. Hearing "eighty-four thousand Dhamma-sections," he said; "I will honor each of them with a monastery," said the king. 81. Giving ninety-six crores of wealth then, the king; In eighty-four thousand cities on earth. 82. Had monasteries begun by kings there and there; And he himself began to have the Asokārāma built. 83. For the Triple Gem, Nigrodha, and the sick in the Dispensation; Each A hundred thousand, he gave day by day. 84. With wealth given to the Buddha, stupa offerings of many kinds; In many monasteries, many always made them. 85. With wealth given to the Dhamma, the four excellent requisites; For the monks who uphold the Dhamma, people always offered them. 86. From the Anotatta lake waters, he gave four to the Sangha; To the elders of the Pitakas, sixty-one, day by day. 87. One to Queen Asandhimittā, he had given; But the king himself, enjoyed only two. 88. For sixty thousand monks, tooth-sticks day by day; For sixteen thousand women, he gave the one called nāgalatā. 89. Then one day the king, who had seen four Buddhas; The great powerful Naga king, Mahākāḷa, who lived for an eon. 90.