King Maha Sammatha and his royal Family until Ajasaththa මහා සම්මත රජ පෙළපත

.   King   Maha sammatha  

  

     Setting aside the kings who reigned in the past kappa, to whatever forms of existence they may have passed, I shall completely enumerate the kings of the present kappa.Their descent, their name and tribe, their age and (the length of) their reign, all that I will proclaim, listen to it according to the truth.
The first inaugurated king, a ruler of the earth,
full of brilliancy, prince Mahasammata by name, reigned over his kingdom.
                                   
 His son was called Roja by name;  the prince called Vararoja, Kalyana and Varakalyana, Uposatha, the lord of the earth; -      The seventh of them was Mandhata who reigned over the four Dipas. (Then followed) Cara, king Upacara, and Cetiya, the lord of the earth;
     Mucala, Mahamucala, Mucalinda and also Sagara, Sagaradeva, and Bharata, the prince called Bhaglrasa, -
     Ruci, and he who was called Maharuci, Patapa, and also Mahapatapa, Panada, and Mahapanada, the king called Sudassana,
     he who was called Mahasudassana, two Nerus, and Accima. These were twenty-eight kings by number; their age extended to an Asankheyya (of years). In Kusavatl, in Rajagaha, in Mithila,  best of towns, these kings reigned; their age extended to an Asankheyya (of years).
     
Ten times ten is one hundred; ten times a hundred is one thousand; ten times a thousand is ten thousand; ten times ten thousand is a hundred thousand; -Ten times a hundred thousand is one koti; (the following numerals are) pakoti, kotippakoti, nahuta, and ninnahuta, abbuda, and nirabbuda, Ababa, and also atata, ahaha, and kumuda, sogandhika, uppala, pundarlka, paduma.
      All these numbers are numerable and calculable by the means of calculation; the stage (of numbers) beyond these is called asankheyya (not calculable).
     One hundred kings, sons of Accima, governed their great kingdom in the town called Pakula 
      The last of these kings was the prince called Arindama; his sons and grandsons, fifty-six princes, governed their great kingdom in the town of Ayujjhanagara.
    The last of these kings was Duppasaha, the lord of the earth; his sons and grandsons, sixty rulers of the earth, reigned over their great kingdom in BaranasI, best of towns.
        The last of these kings was the prince called Ajitajana; his sons and grandsons, eighty-four thousand by number, reigned over their great kingdom in the town of Kapilanagara.
        The last of these kings was Brahmadatta,the lord of the earth; his sons and grandsons, thirty-six princes, reigned over their great kingdom in Hatthipura, best of towns.
      The last of these kings was Kambalavasabha; his sons and grandsons, thirty- two princes, reigned there in the town of Ekacakkhu.
    The last of these kings was Purindada, honoured by the surname Deva; his sons and grandsons, twenty-eight princes, reigned over their great kingdom in Vajira, best of towns.
       The last of these kings was the prince called Sadhina. His sons and grandsons, twenty- two royal princes, reigned over their great kingdom in Madhura, best of towns.
        The last of these kings was valiant Dhammagutta; his sons and grandsons, eighteen princes, reigned there in the town of Aritthapura.
        The last of these kings was the chief of men called Sitthi; his sons and grandsons, seventeen princes, reigned there in the town of Indapatta.
       The last of these kings was Brahmadeva, the lord of the earth; his sons and grandsons, fifteen princes, reigned there in the town of Ekacakkhu.
    The last of these kings was Baladatta, the lord of the earth; his sons and grandsons, fourteen royal princes, governed their great kingdom in the town of Kosambl.
      The last of them was the king known as Bhaddadeva; his sons and grandsons, nine royal princes, reigned there in the town of Kannagoccha.
        The last of them was the king renowned by the name of Naradeva; his sons and grandsons, seven royal princes, governed their great kingdom in the town of Rojananagara.
    The last of these kings was the prince called Mahinda; his sons and grandsons, twelve royal princes, governed their great kingdom in the town of Campanagara.
      The last of these kings was Nagadeva, the lord of the earth; his sons and grandsons, twenty-five princes, governed their great kingdom in the town of Mithilanagara.
     The last of these kings was valiant Buddhadatta; his sons and grandsons, twenty-five princes, governed their great kingdom in Rajagaha, best of towns.
     The last of these kings was the prince called Dlpankara; his sons and grandsons, twelve royal princes, governed their great kingdom in Takkasila, best of towns.
      The last of these kings was the prince called Talissara; his sons and grandsons, twelve royal princes, reigned over their great kingdom in Kusinara, best of towns.
     The last of these kings was the prince called Purinda; his sons and grandsons, nine royal princes, reigned over their great kingdom in the town of Malitthiya (Tamalitti?).
    The last of these kings was Sagaradeva, the lord of the earth; his son Makhadeva was a great, liberal giver.
    His sons and grandsons, eighty-four thousand by number, reigned over their great kingdom in the town of Mithilanagara.
    The last of these kings was Nemiya, honoured by the surname Deva, a universal monarch, a lord of the whole earth which the ocean surrounds. 

Nemiya’s son was Kalarajanaka; his son was Samankura; (then followed) king Asoka, an inaugurated prince.
    His sons and grandsons, eighty-four thousand by number, reigned over their great kingdom in BaranasI, best of towns.
    The last of these kings was the lord of the earth called Vijaya; his son was high-born, brilliant Vijitasena;(then followed) Dhammasena, Nagasena, the (king) called Samatha, Disampati, Renu, Kusa, Mahakusa, Navaratha, and also Dasaratha, Rama, the (king) called Bilaratha, CittadassI, AtthadassI, Sujata, and Okkaka, Okkamukha, and Nipura
       Candima, and Candamukha, king Sivi, Sanjaya, Vessantara, the ruler of men, Jalilya, and Slhavahana, prince Slhassara, the wise preserver of royal succession.
        His sons and grandsons, eighty-two thousand kings, reigned in the town called Kapila(vatthu).
       The last of these kings was Jayasena, the lord of the earth; his son was highborn, brilliant Slhahanu.
     The sons of that (?) Slhahanu were five brothers, Suddhodana, and Dhota (Dhotodana), prince Sakkodana, -
      king Sukkodana, and king Amitodana; all these five kings had names containing the word odana.
     He the son of Suddhodana, Siddhattha, the chief of the world, begot Rahulabhadda,
and then left his home in order to strive for Buddhaship.
      The total number of these highly powerful ... kings is four Nahutas, one hundred thousand, and three hundred more.
        So many lords of the earth are mentioned who originated from the family of the Bodhisatta in this first kappa, preservers of royal succession, rulers of
        Perishable, alas! is whatever exists, subject to origin and decay; it appears and perishes; its extinction is bliss.
   The king called Suddhodana reigned in the town called Kapila(vatthu), be the royal son of Slhahanu.
     Amid the five mountains, in Rajagaha, best of towns, reigned the prince who was called king Bodhisa (Bhatiya!).
     Suddhodana and Bhatiya were friends of each other. When (Bimbisara) was eight years old, five wishes arose (in his mind):
    “May my royal father instruct me in the duties of royalty; may he, the Buddha, the highest of men, arise in my kingdom;
      may the Tathagata show himself first to me (before going to other kings); may he preach to me the eternal Truth; may I penetrate that most excellent Truth.”
    These were the five wishes which arose in Bimbisara’s mind. When he was fifteen years old, he received the royal coronation after his father’s death; -
     he (Buddha) the chief of the world arose in his beautiful kingdom; the Tathagata showed himself to him first; when he preached his eternal Truth, the lord of the earth apprehended it.
   The great hero then was full thirty-five years old; Bimbisara, the lord of the earth, was thirty years old. Gotama was five years older than Bimbisara.
     Fifty-two years this prince reigned; thirty-seven years he reigned after having formed that connection with the Buddha.
     Prince Ajatasattu reigned thirty-two years. Eight years after his coronation the Sambuddha reached Parinibbana.
     After the Parinibbana of the Sambuddha, the highest One in the world, the chief of men, that prince reigned (still) twenty-four years.