Anāgatavaṁsa untranslated

Anāgatavaṁsa. A poem on the story of Metteyya, the future Buddha, by an elder named Kassapa (Gv.61), an inhabitant of the Coḷa country (Svd.v.1204). The poem is probably based on an older work (PLC.,160f). A ṭīkā exists, written by an Upatissa, possibly the author of the Mahā Bodhivaṁsa.

The introductory verses of the poem state that the story was preached by the Buddha at Sāriputta’s request. For the text see JPTS,1886, pp.32ff.