Re: Kaccaayanava.n.naa colophon

Dear Bh. Nyanatusita,

Thank-you for all the contributions regarding the colophon which I'm
still going over. I'm afraid I don't know much about the geography and
history of South Asia or elsewhere to be able to offer much help in
these matters.

> >I agree it's the same author. However, if you read the entry for
> >Kaccaayanava.n.nanaa, there is a contradiction in stating that the
author is
> >Sinhalese, if I recall correctly. Also, consider the following
entry (from
> >metta.lk):
> >
> >"Vijita-pura, Vijíta nagara. A city founded by Vijita, minister to
Vijaya.
> >Near by was Khandhávárapitthi, where Dutthagámaní pitched his camp
during
> >his campaign against the Damilas, and also the village of
Hatthipora (q.v.).
> >The city was a stronghold of the Damilas, and was captured by
Dutthagtámaní
> >after a four months' siege. For details of the siege see
Mhv.xxv.19ff."
> >
> >Isn't this in SL?
> >
> This was quite early in the history of Sinhalese Buddhism.
> Du.t.thagaamini lived in the first century BCE. I don't think that
it is
> this place.

I think Malalasekera made a mistake in stating that Vijitaavii was a
"Burmese author of Vijitapura (Panyaa)". Vijitapura should read
Vijayapura. There seems to be a lot of inconsistencies in DPPN. I
don't see Panya, Burma in my atlas but from an Internet search there
is a place of that name at 21 degrees 48' latitude, 95 degrees 58'
longitude, southwest of Mandalay. Also worth noting is Ananda Pagoda,
Pagan which is a cave-temple built in the 12th cent. A.D. which is
supposedly a replica of the Nandamula Cave in the Himalayas. I don't
think Pagan and Panya are that far apart. Could it be that this
temple-cave is what is being referred to in the colophon? I don't know
if Ananda Pagoda is on a mountain though.

Best wishes,
Jim

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