Sirivira Parakkamanarinda Siha, Sirivīra-parakkamanarinda-sīha: 1 definition

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Sirivira Parakkamanarinda Siha in Theravada glossary
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

King of Ceylon (1707-39 A.C.). He was the son of Vimaladhammasuriya II. He held great festivals in Mahiyangana, Sumanakuta and Anuradhapura, and built a suburb called Kundasala, where he lived.

The temple of the Tooth Relic, built by his father, he adorned with paintings of thirty two Jatakas. He showed great honour to Saranankara samanera and gave him a golden casket studded with seven hundred jewels. At his request, Saranankara wrote the Saratthasangaha and Commentaries on the Mahabodhivamsa and the Bhesajjamanjusa. Cv.xcix.23ff.

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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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