Bhuvanekabāhu untranslated

Bhuvanekabāhu 01. A Sinhalese ruler (Ādipāda) who founded a town at Govindamala in Rohaṇa and dwelt there after Māgha’s forces had devastated Ceylon. Cv.lxxxi.6.

Bhuvanekabāhu 02. The younger son of Vijayabāhu III. When Parakkamabāhu II. came to the throne, Bhuvanekabāhu was made Yuvarāja. By the king’s orders he learnt the Tipiṭaka, in which he became well versed, and later instructed the Theras therein. Cv.lxxxi.68; lxxxii.4; lxxxiv.29. See also Bhuvanekabāhupariveṇa.

Bhuvanekabāhu 03. Bhuvanekabāhu I. The second of the five sons of Parakkamabāhu II. He was entrusted (by Vijayabāhu IV.) with the defence of the north of Ceylon with his headquarters at Sundarapabbata. He later built a town there where he settled. When Vijayabāhu died and Mitta usurped the throne, Bhuvanekabāhu fled from the capital (Jambuddoṇi) and narrowly escaped death on the way. But soon after, the Ariya soldiers revolted against Mitta and restored Bhuvanekabāhu to the throne, where he ruled for eleven years (1237-84 CE.) as Bhuvanekabāhu I.

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

Bhuvanekabāhu 04. Bhuvanekabāhu II. Son of Bhuvanekabāhu I. He succeeded Parakkamabāhu III. and had his capital at Hatthiselapura. Every year, in the month of Jeṭṭhamūla, he held a great festival to celebrate his coronation and to admit new members into the Saṅgha. He ruled for eleven years (1291-1302 CE.). Cv.xc.59ff.

Bhuvanekabāhu 05. Bhuvanekabāhu III. Also called Vanni Bhuvanekabāhu. He succeeded Parakkamabāhu IV. Cv.xc.105.

Bhuvanekabāhu 06. Bhuvanekabāhu IV. He succeeded Vijayabāhu V. and ruled at Gaṅgāsiripura (c. 1346-53 CE.). Cv.xc.107ff.

Bhuvanekabāhu 07. Bhuvanekabāhu V. (1360-91 CE.). He reigned at Jayavaḍḍhanakoṭṭa. Among other pious acts, he made a very costly casket for the Tooth Relic. Cv.xci.9ff.

Bhuvanekabāhu 08. Bhuvanekabāhu VI. He came to the throne by murdering Jayabāhu II. and ruled for seven years (1473-80 CE.). Cv.xcii.1f.

Bhuvanekabāhu 09. Bhuvanekabāhu VII. (1521-50 CE.). He succeeded Vijayabāhu VI. Cv.xcii.4f.

Bhuvanekabāhu 10. Bhuvanekabāhu Thera. An eminent monk of Ceylon in the fifteenth century. He was the teacher of the author of the Anāpattidīpanī. PLC.247, 254.