Bambaragala, Theldeniya, Sri Lanka.
The birth place of the Buddha.
Hiriwadunna, Habarana, Sri Lanka..
The place of enlightenment of the Buddha.
Isinbessagala, Madawachchiya, Sri Lanka.
The place of the first sermon of the Buddha.
Budugala, Balangoda, Sri Lanka.
The place of Parinibbana (passing away) of the Buddha.
The Sage and the teacher called Kapila was a noble person who lived in ancient Lakdiva
The Sage and the teacher called Kapila was a noble person who
lived in ancient Lakdiva[1]
The king Chethiya[2]
had five sons. Following the instructions of the Sage called Kapila, they built
cities in different places and lived in those cities. One of them, built and
lived in the city called Hasthipura[3],
how it was called in the past, Kurunegala, as it is called in the present day.
This incident is mentioned in Poojawaliya ( Page 111).
In the Buddhist literature, above
mentioned Sage Kapila, has been explained in many occasions. He had been a
teaching Sage who was through in art and science. This Sage was a son of Lanka,
he had lived in Lanka and was a noble person who had advised the Maha Sammatha
Dynasty. Because of this, his name had been taken in to the inscriptions in
Lanka. One such inscription in which his name can be seen is as follows.
803'
wpßh lms, mq; n.fojy p Achariya kapila putha bagadewaha cha
mreul wkqä p ums; f,fK parumaka anudi cha mapitha lene
w.; wk.; Y.Y Agatha anugatha shagasha
The cage build by Bhagadewa, the
son of teacher Kapila and also Pramuka Anudi is (given) for all the Sanga[4]
who are present and not. (Inscriptions of Ceylon, Page 61).
The Parumaka called Anudi also had
joint hands with Bhagadewa. This particular Anudi's father had been stated as
Uththara[5].
In looking in to the names mentioned in these inscriptions, one particular
thing is very clear. And that is that these names of people and castes had been
used in very ancient times. Kapila, Bhagadewa, Anudi and Uththara are the
examples for that. It is not necessary to hold on to the doubt that Anudi, the
person who built the cave with Sage Kapila, was a prominent character in the
Okkkaya Dynasty. The Pramukas can be identified as a group who follow the
instruction of teachings Sage Kapila. Having said all these, it is evident that
these names and incidents are related to the ancient heritage of Sri
Lanka.
[1]
Lakdiva - the island called Lanka.
[2]
Chethiya is pronounced as Che-thi-ya.
[3]
Hasthipura - the city of elephants.
[4] Sanga-
The non-lay disciples of the Buddha.
කපිල නම් වූ ඇදුරු ඉසිවරයා පුරාණ ලක්දිව විසූ උත්තමයෙකි
803. අචරිය කපිල පුත බගදෙවහ ච පරුමක අනුඩි ච මපිත ලෙණෙ අගත අනගත ශගශ
ආචාර්ය කපිලගේ පුත්ර භගදේව සහ ප්රමුඛ අනුඩි ද විසින් නිර්මාණය කරන ලද ලෙණ ආ නො ආ සංඝයාට ය. (Inscription of Ceylon, 61 වන පිට)
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