Mahavamsa records that Queen Vihara Maha Devi (mother queen of King Dutugamunu) will be the mother of next Buddha, Maithriya Buddha. But, it hides the fact that she had met Buddha himself. In doing that it had created a time gap between the queen and the Buddha. Queen Vihara Maha Devi was an ascendants Samana, who was later worshipped as a god up to this date. In Buddha's time Lanka was ruled by a king called King Panith. In order to create room for the Indian invader, king Vijaya, nothing of him had been mentioned in Mahavamsa. Samana had been brought up as a son by this King Panitha. It was this same Samana, later, invited Buddha to his region, Sri Pada as its called now. Damaraja was one of the sons of Samana. Mahathisha Aya had been the son of Damaraja, who was also known as Kelanitissa, the ruler of the Kelaniya region. Kalanitissa's beloved daughter was Vihara Maha Devi. Another son of Sumana was Chema whoes cave was given for Buddha and the Sanga by Queen Vihara Maha Devi.
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| Vihara Maha Devi (mother Queen of King Dutugamunu),Muhudu Maha Vihara, Sri Lanka |
මෙත් බෝසත් බවට ගෞතම බුදුරදුන්ගෙන් විවරණ ලැබූ දුටුගැමුණු මහා රජාණෝ
(The great king Dutugamunu was announced as Maithriya Bosath (the next Buddha aspirant) by Gauthama Buddha) - Part - 8
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