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Bible Encyclopedias
Bodhi Vamsa
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A prose poem in elaborate Sanskritized Pali, composed by Upatissa in the reign of Mahinda IV. of Ceylon about A.D. 980. It is an adaptation of a previously existing work in Sinhalese on the same subject, and describes the bringing of a branch of the celebrated Bo or Bodhi tree (i.e. Wisdom Tree, under which the Buddha had attained wisdom) to Ceylon in the 3rd century s.c. The Bodhi Vamsa quotes verses from the Mahavamsa, but draws a great deal of its material from other sources; and it has occasionally preserved details of the older tradition not found in any other sources known to us.
Edition in Pali for the Pali Text Society by S. Arthur Strong (London, 1891).
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Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bodhi Vamsa'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bodhi-vamsa.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bodhi Vamsa'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bodhi-vamsa.html. 1910.