Kesadhātuvaṁsa untranslated

Kesadhātuvaṁsa. A book containing the history of the Buddha’s Hair Relic. The Relic was brought to Ceylon from India by Silākāla in the reign of Moggallāna I. The king placed it in a crystal casket in a beautiful building with a picture of Dīpaṅkara’s city (?) and established a festival in its honour. Silākāla was appointed custodian of the Relic (Cv.xxxix.49ff).

The Kesadhātuvaṁsa is not now available. It was evidently easily obtainable at the time of the writing of the first part of the Cūḷa Vaṁsa (See, e.g., Cv.xxxix.56). It seems to have been quite distinct from the Chakesadhātuvaṁsa (q.v.).