Mahiyaṅgaṇa untranslated

Mahiyaṅgaṇa. A locality in the old Mahā Nāga garden, on the banks of the Mahā Vālukagaṅgā. It was there that the Buddha hovered in the air on his first visit to Ceylon, in order to frighten the Yakkhas. Later, Mahā Sumana built there a shrine seven cubits in diameter, all of sapphire, and containing the hair given to him by the Buddha. After the Buddha’s death, Sarabhū, a disciple of Sāriputta, brought there the collar-bone of the Buddha, which he deposited in the Thūpa, increasing the height of the Thūpa to twelve cubits. Uddhacūḷābhaya raised it to thirty cubits, while Duṭṭhagāmaṇī, dwelling there during his campaign against the Damiḷa Chatta, increased it to eighty cubits (Mhv.i.24, 33ff.; xxv.7; Cv.Trs.i.154, n.3). Vohārikatissa erected a parasol over the Thūpa (Mhv.xxxvi.34). Attached to the Thūpa was a vihāra, near which lived the three Lambakaṇṇas: Saṅghatissa, Saṅghabodhi and Goṭhābhaya (Mhv.xxxvi.58).

In later times, Sena II. gave maintenance villages to the vihāra (Cv.li.74), as did also Kassapa IV. (Cv.lii.14). Vijayabāhu I. found the vihāra in a bad state of decay and had it restored (Cv.lx.59), while Parakkamabāhu VI. carried out repairs to the Thūpa (Cv.xci.29). King Vīravikamma went from his capital to Mahiyaṅgaṇa, a distance of seven gāvutas on foot, and held a great festival in honour of the Thūpa (Cv.xcii.17). King Narindasīha is mentioned as having visited Mahiyaṅgaṇa three times: once alone and twice with his army, and as having held magnificent festivals in its honour (Cv.xcvii.27ff). Vijayarājasīha held a festival there (Cv.xcviii.85), as did Kittisirirājasīha, who made a pilgrimage to the spot (Cv.xcix.38); he also made arrangements for travelers from Siam to Ceylon to visit the spot and hold celebrations there (Cv.c.125ff). Rājasīha II. was born in Mahiyaṅgaṇa, while his parents were staying there for protection from their enemies. Cv.xcv.12.