Chandanagrama
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Chandanagrama (चंदनग्राम) is a place in Sri Lanka mentioned in Mahavansha where Ashoka Maurya's daughter Sanghamitra planted a branch of Bodhi-tree. Its identification is uncertain.[1]
Origin
Variants
- Chandanagrama (चंदनग्राम) (लंका) (AS, p.314)
- Candanagama (Mahavansa/Chapter 19)
History
चंदनग्राम
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ...चंदनग्राम (AS, p.314) भारत के पड़ोसी देश श्रीलंका में स्थित बताया गया है। बौद्ध ग्रन्थ 'महावंश' 19, 61 के अनुसार इस ग्राम में मौर्य सम्राट अशोक की पुत्री संघमित्रा द्वारा लंका में लाए हुए 'बोधिवृक्ष' (पीपल) की एक शाखा का अंकुर रोपित किया गया था। इसका अभिज्ञान अनिश्चित है।
In Mahavansa
Mahavansa/Chapter 19 mentions ....The great thera Mahinda and the bhikkhuni Samghamitta went thither with their following and the king also with his following. The nobles of Kajaragama and the nobles of Candanagama and the Brahman Tivakka and the people too who dwelt in the island came thither also by the power of the gods, (with minds) eagerly set upon a festival of the great Bodhi-tree. Amid this great assembly, plunged into amazement by this miracle, there grew out of the east branch, even as they gazed, a faultless fruit.