Dīpavaṁsa untranslated

Dīpavaṁsa. The oldest extant Pāli Chronicle of Ceylon. Like the Mahā Vaṁsa, it was based on the Aṭṭhakathā handed down in the Mahā Vihāra of Ceylon. It gives the impression not of an evenly worked out whole, but rather of a stringing together of fragments, a composition of whole lines, sometimes whole stanzas, borrowed from the Aṭṭhakathā. It is generally agreed that the Dīpavaṁsa assumed its present form about the fourth century CE. It is stated (Cv.xxxviii.59) that Dhātusena made endowments for the regular recital of the Dīpavaṁsa.

The work was edited and published by Oldenberg in 1879. For details see Geiger: Dīpavaṁsa and Mahā Vaṁsa.