Bhuvanekabahu, Bhuvanekabāhu: 1 definition

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Bhuvanekabahu. A Singhalese ruler (Adipada) who founded a town at Govindamala in Rohana and dwelt there after Maghas forces had devastated Ceylon. Cv.lxxxi.6.

2. Bhuvanekabahu. The younger son of Vijayabahu III. When Parakkamabahu II. came to the throne, Bhuvanekabahu was made Yuvaraja. By the kings orders he learnt the Tipitaka, in which he became well versed, and later instructed the Theras therein. Cv.lxxxi.68; lxxxii.4; lxxxiv.29. See also Bhuvanekabahu parivena.

3. Bhuvanekabahu. The second of the five sons of Parakkamabahu II. He was entrusted (by Vijayabahu IV.) with the defence of the north of Ceylon with his headquarters at Sundarapabbata. He later built a town there where he settled. When Vijayabahu died and Mitta usurped the throne, Bhuvanekabahu fled from the capital (Jambuddoni) and narrowly escaped death on the way. But soon after, the Ariya soldiers revolted against Mitta and restored Bhuvanekabahu to the throne, where he ruled for eleven years (1237-84 A.C.) as Bhuvanekabahu I.

Among other acts of piety, he appointed scribes to copy the whole of the Tipitaka, and gave copies to the chief viharas of Ceylon. Cv.lxxxvii.16; lxxxviii.24, 79; xc.4, 28ff.

4. Bhuvanekabahu. Son of Bhuvanekabahu I. He succeeded Parakkamabahu III. and had his capital at Hatthiselapura. Every year, in the month of Jetthamula, he held a great festival to celebrate his coronation and to admit new members into the Order. He ruled for eleven years (1291 1302 A.C.). Cv.xc.59ff.

5. Bhuvanekabahu III. Also called Vanni Bhuvanekabahu. He succeeded Parakkamabahu IV. Cv.xc.105.

6. Bhuvanekabahu IV. He succeeded Vijayabahu V. and ruled at Gangasiripura (c. 1346 53 A.C.). Cv.xc.107ff.

7. Bhuvanekabahu V. (1360 91 A.C.). He reigned at Jayavaddhanakotta. Among other pious acts, he made a very costly casket for the Tooth Relic. Cv.xci.9ff.

8. Bhuvanekabahu VI. He came to the throne by murdering Jayabahu II. and ruled for seven years (1473 80 A.C.). Cv.xcii.1f.

9. Bhuvanekabahu VII. (1521 50 A.C.). He succeeded Vijayabahu VI. Cv.xcii.4f.

10. Bhuvanekabahu Thera. An eminent monk of Ceylon in the fifteenth century. He was the teacher of the author of the Anapattidipani. P.L.C.247, 254.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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