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, having dressed in various garments, smeared with various kinds of perfumes, came and showed themselves to the king. The king also, surrounded by a fourfold army, mounted an adorned elephant's shoulder. The remaining kings also, having surrounded themselves with their own armies, sitting on elephant's shoulders, placing the king in the middle, paying homage from the left and right sides, departed. That departure of his was like Ajātasattu's going to Jīvakambavana to see the Tathāgata, and like Sakka, the king of the gods, going to Nandanavana, surrounded by gods in two deva-worlds, riding on the thirty-yojana-sized Erāvaṇa elephant's shoulder. He Having exited Somanagara in the splendor of the Vaḍḍhamāsaka festival, he stood at the edge of Seruda, having various elaborately adorned dancing women play the five-piece orchestra. It was as if the great earth was splitting, as if mountains were overturning, as if the great ocean was overflowing and breaking. Brahmins recited auspicious verses of victory and well-being. Dancing women, adorned with all ornaments, played the five-piece orchestra. The great crowd waved thousands of cloths. Then the king, having taken many perfumes, lamps, and incense, arose, surrounded by his army, entered the residence of the Elder, paid homage to the Elder, and sat down, saying: "Venerable sir, it is time for the kings to gather and for the water of dedication to be given." The Elder, hearing his words, replied, "Good, great king," and accepted. On that day of giving the water of dedication, various and beautiful jeweled staffs with various flags and banners were raised aloft. Pleasant breezes blew from the eastern directions. Likewise, the thousand-rayed sun, blazing with a network of great rays, set. The full moon, free from obstructions such as flickering rays, dust, smoke, Rāhu, and clouds, surrounded by a host of stars, rose from the eastern direction like a shining silver disc. At that moment, torch lamps and the like were lit brightly. The Great Auspicious Shrine, however, was encircled with garlands of jasmine flowers, adorned like a single string of garlands. Just as the full moon is surrounded by a host of stars, so the Great Shrine, adorned with a garland of lamps, shone exceedingly. In the entire island of Lanka, all the trees were adorned with various flags, and were variegated with untimely fruits and shoots. The Great Ocean, the Salt Sea, and the like were covered with five kinds of lotuses. All, in various clothes and ornaments, Adorned, of divine appearance, Countless, with joyful minds, pleased, People surrounded from all sides. All lit up the torches. A lamp, delightful; Then the entire island was illuminated. Like the full moon amidst a host of stars, it shone; In the autumn sky, it stood, with lovely rays. So too, this excellent stupa, well-lit and adorned; Amidst garlands and lamps, it gleamed, the best of relics. All the trees of the island of Lanka, entirely; Seemed filled with flags, bearing flowers and fruits. As if all sentient beings offered worship then; So too, all inanimate things offered no small homage. Mostly, from the earth-bound deities up to the Akaniṭṭha gods, the Brahmās came, not knowing whether they were gods or humans, bringing divine garlands, pāricchatta flowers, koviḷāra flowers, and sandalwood powder. It was a great and extraordinary gathering. On that day, the great earth, the sky, the Yugandhara range, the Cakkavāḷa mountains, and the highest peaks trembled. Seeing this, the king, exceedingly delighted, summoned the elders and the remaining great ministers, and taking actors and the like, he went to the courtyard of the Cetiya, thinking, "Now I will offer the donation to the monastery." The elder also, taking the community of monks, sat in the decorated pavilion in the Cetiya courtyard. The king, taking a golden pitcher filled with perfumed water, poured the water into the elder's hand and gave the donation. Having given it, he spoke thus: "Venerable sirs, this relic has come down through my paternal lineage. Now, having brought it from our very beautiful and delightful Rohana country, and having had a relic chamber made of gold, and a relic pavilion of the seven jewels, and having placed a golden Buddha image in it, and having enshrined the forehead relic of our Ten-Powered One, I will now give sixteen excellent villages for the sake of robes and other needs of the venerable sir." Having given the excellent villages, he had a drum beaten around the perimeter of three gāvutas in every direction, designating it as a monastery estate, and said, "Venerable sir, you must go to the sixteen villages given by me today. And having gone, take possession of them today." Having said this, he retired to his residence and, coming again the next day, gave a great donation for seven days. On the seventh day, having given robes and fine food to the great community of monks, he came to the Elder and said, "Venerable, having done what was to be done at the monastery without neglecting anything, I will go home." Hearing his words, the Elder replied, "Good, O great king." Then he had a flower garden made for the worship of the stupa and provided expenses for the gardeners. Likewise, for the drummers and actors, and having marked the boundary of the monastery with a golden plow, he also had a village made for the attendants. For the service of the community of monks, he gave five hundred daughters of ministers and the same number of sons of ministers, male and female slaves to his own retinue, and provided five hundred thousand kahapanas each for their expenses. And for the worship of the relics of the community of monks, he provided sixteen thousand kahapanas. Then, having summoned Giriabhaya, he advised, "Dear, you should live here always. Be diligent in our monastery, among the attendants, and among the venerable ones," and entrusted everything to him. The Elder said to him, "Great king, has the great boundary been marked all around?" When he said, "Mark it, Venerable," he said, "Great king, it is not possible to mark the boundary with an unproclaimed sign. Mark and give a sign for marking the great boundary to the east, west, north, and south of the monastery, and we will mark the boundary." The king, pleased, adorned seven ministers with all ornaments and sent them to proclaim the boundary sign and return. Those seven ministers, having marked the sign in the four directions, wrote it on leaves and brought it to the king. The king, having given one hundred kahapanas each and having provided protection in the four directions, informed the great community of monks, "Let the boundary be marked." Then the Elder, surrounded by the community of monks, sat in the stupa courtyard and completed marking the boundary on the twelfth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Vappa. Here, the boundary sign should be known thus: in the eastern direction, the jackal went to the stone. From there... Leaving the boundary of the village field called Koṭasīmā, on the left side of Macchaselagāma, he went to Gaṇadvāragāma. North of Cittavāpi, from the edge to the Varagāma field, he went to Piṭṭhipāsāṇa. From there, to Sālika, a stone mound erected at the Madhuka tree. From there, south of the Vuttika pond, to Kaṇikāra rock. From there, to Channajjhāpitasela. From there, to the mound erected at the Madhuka tree of the lay devotee Kukkuṭasiva. From there, to Soṇḍa rock. From there, to Sabara rock. From there, to Elālatittha. From there, going through the middle of Sobha, he went to a place called Assabandhana. From there, on top of the rock, to the Banyan tree called Udaka Kāka. That tree got its name because of the crows that lived there. From there, going to Tambatittha, he went to the path of the mound called Mahācārika. From there, to Assamaṇḍalapiṭṭhi. From there, to the stone mound erected beside the great Kadamba tree. From there, to the great Banyan tree erected on the northern edge of the great Rājuvāpi. From there, to the back of the great forest. From there, to Rajatasela at the end of the Loṇasāgara. Returning again, he stood at Sigāla rock itself. Having completely demarcated this much area all around, the king gave it. Having given many gardeners to the monastery, and various equipment for them, and having had all the ramparts, gateways, etc. built, having completed the monastery, he went to Rohaṇa itself. The king, with a delighted heart, greatly meritorious, greatly powerful, having built an excellent stupa, adorned with a golden pinnacle, having then established the boundary, and sixteen Vaṭṭagāmas, and having given all the equipment to the gardeners, then, accompanied by a great army, he went to Rohaṇa, and lived there happily with Vihāradevī. The Elder, living there, declared, "Whoever lives in this monastery will be as if dwelling in the Buddha's single perfumed chamber." From then on, endowed with virtue, conduct, concentration, and attainment. Attaining analytical knowledge and the highest wisdom, surrounded by perfected ones who had destroyed defilements, recollecting all the virtues of the Buddha, he lived long and right there passed into the Nibbana element without remainder. Endowed with many virtues, Tissa Thera, greatly learned; Having gathered the people, he passed away, without defilements. Those Theras, too, endowed with virtue and concentration, Greatly learned, delightful with good qualities; With minds arisen from the power of wisdom, A mine of virtues, a refuge for the people. Having abandoned the cycle of existence, with analytical knowledge burst forth; Comprehending name and form, skilled, with bonds severed. Having made the highest peace for beings and gathered the people; Those of great wisdom passed away, lights, and of joyful mind. Thus, in the Dhatuvamsa, made for the pleasing of noble people, The chapter called "The Deposit of Relics" Is the fifth section.