Candagutta untranslated

Candagutta. A king of twenty kappas ago, a previous birth of Tamālapupphiya. Ap.i.197.

Candagutta 01. King of Jambudīpa. He belonged to the Moriya dynasty and gained the throne through the scheming of Cāṇakka, who slew the rightful king Dhanananda and his heir Pabbata (the Mahā Vaṁsaṭīkā gives details of how Cāṇakka contrived to make Candagutta king (pp.181ff)). Candagutta reigned twenty-four years and was succeeded by his son Biṇḍusāra. His grandson was Asoka (Mhv.v.16ff). Candagutta’s senior contemporary in Ceylon was Paṇḍukābhaya, who died in the fourteenth year of Candagutta’s reign (Dpv.vi.15; Vin-a.i.72; see also Dpv.v.69, 73, 81; both the Dpv. and the Vin-a. talk of Pakuṇḍakābhaya (sic). The Milinda mentions a soldier Bhaddasāla, in the service of the Nanda royal family, who waged war against Candagutta (p.292; see also Kathāsaritsāgara i.30). In this war there were eighty “Corpse Dances” in which dead bodies danced. The Theragāthā Commentary (i., p.440) states that the father of the Thera Tekicchakāri incurred the displeasure of Candagutta, who, at the instigation of Cāṇakka, cast him into prison.

Candagutta 02. Candagutta Thera. Saddhivihārika of Mahā Kassapa Thera. His colleague was Suriyagutta. SN­a.iii.125.

Candagutta 03. One of the eight Khattiyas sent by Asoka to accompany the Bodhi-tree to Ceylon. He took a prominent part in the celebrations when the Tree left Pāṭaliputta (Mbv.152), and later, on his arrival in Ceylon, was appointed by Devānampiyatissa to beat the golden drum at the Bodhi-tree ceremonies. He was given the office of Malayarāja and the Vīrabāhujanapada was bestowed on him for his maintenance (Mbv.165).

Candagutta 04. An Arahant Thera who came from Vanavāsa with 80,000 others for the foundation of the Mahā Thūpa in Anurādhapura. Mhv.xxix.42; Dpv.xix.8.