Dhammakitti untranslated

Dhammakitti 01. One of the Sinhalese envoys of Parakkamabāhu I. to the king of Rāmañña. The king insulted him and sent him, together with Vāgissara, back to Ceylon in a leaky ship. Cv.lxxvi.32ff.

Dhammakitti 02. A monk of Tambaraṭṭha. Parakkamabāhu II., hearing of his great virtues and holiness, sent him offerings of piety, inviting him to Ceylon. The Elder came and was much honoured by the king (Cv.lxxxiv.11). It is commonly believed (e.g., JRAS., 1896, pp.202ff) that this was the monk who wrote the continuation of the Mahā Vaṁsa (the Cūḷa Vaṁsa) dealing with the period from the reign of Mahā Sena to that of Parakkamabāhu II.

Dhammakitti 03. A Thera in the time of Vīravikkama (circa 1542). The king appointed him head of the Saṅgha and held the ceremony of ordination under him. Cv.xcii.21.

Dhammakitti 04. Author of the Dāṭhāvaṁsa. He wrote this book in the reign of Līlāvati, at the request of her minister Parakkama, who was his patron. Dhammakitti speaks of himself as a pupil of Sāriputta (of Pulatthipura) (PLC.207f; Gv.62, 67). He is perhaps, identical with Dhammakitti I. PLC.215.

Dhammakitti 05. A Thera of Ceylon, author of the Sinhalese prose work, the Saddharmālaṅkāra, in the fourteenth century, which is an enlarged translation of the Rasavāhinī. He was Saṅgharāja in the time of Bhuvanekabāhu V. His teacher was also called Dhammakitti and was a member of the Puṭabhattasela fraternity. This teacher was probably the author of the Pāli poem the Pāramīmahāsataka. In addition to the Saddharmālaṅkāra, his pupil wrote several other works, the Saṅkhepa, the Jinabodhāvalī and the Bālāvatāra; also the Sinhalese chronicle, the Nikāyasaṅgraha. PLC.226, 240, 243.

Dhammakitti 06. Called Dhammakitti Mahā Sāmi, author of the Saddhammasaṅgaha. His teacher was also called Dhammakitti, well-known in Ceylon. Dhammakitti Mahā Sāmi came to Ceylon from Yodhapura (Ayojjha?) and, having acquired much merit, returned there, where he lived in the Laṅkārāma, built by Paramarāja. JPTS, 1890, p.90.