Saranankara Sangharaja by Ven. Sri Nanissara High Priest
Courtesy : Ceylon Antiquary & Literary Register Courtesy : CEYLON ANTIQUARY & LITERARY REGISTER P. 38 SARANANKARA SANGHA-RAIÀˆ: The Last Buddhist Hierarch. By THE VEN. SRI NANISSARA, HIGH PRIEST. The chief events in the life of the great Buddhist monk are recorded in many Sinhalese manuscripts. As these, however, are not readily available, a brief life-sketch of the illustrious Hierarch, -the last of a long and noble line,may prove generally interesting. The main sources of information, besides the Mahavansa, which I have utilised are the Sangha-rajotama-sadhuchariya, a Sinhalese prose work, and the Sangha-raja-wata, a Sinhalese poem. Saranankara, the son of Kulatunga Mudaliyar of a Govi family of the same name, was born on Sunday, the 8th of the lunar month Poson in 1621 of the Saka Era, at the village of Velivita, in Tumpane; which hamlet has in consequence became famous. He had an elder brother, who was known as Kulatunga Patabendi Mudiyanse. At the age ...
