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the branches of art, astronomy was his special subject.
He set right the Saka era with its varsa (year), mUsa
(month) also sUryagrdsa and candragrasd (eclipse
of the Sun and the moon).
When this king had reigned for 22 years at Sr!
Sajjanalaya-Sukhodaya, in 1283 Saka ( = A. D. 1362),
he deputed a rajapandita (royal Pandit) to invite a
Mahasami Sangharaja, who was a ksl^dsrava^ a Silftcarya
(religious preceptor) and who was proficient in Kitaka
traya, residing in the island of Lanka (Ceylon ). He
persuaded him to come to Siam.
When the king heard that the Sangharaja was
approaching nagara (city) of Canna (modern Phitsanu-
lok = Visnuloka), he began to make preparations for
his reception. He ordered the iilpins (artists) to
build kutis and vihUras for the monks in the western
part of the city of Sukhodaya. The makuthera and
the bhiksu sahgha (the assembly of the bhiksus or
monks ) began to march towards the capital of Siam
in company with the court Pandita. The king made
arrangements to receive the holyman and his party.
He asked his amaccas, his mantris (ministers) and
the rajakulas (the members of the royal family) to go
and receive the great monk and render homage to
him. They went and received the royal guests with
flowers and other offerings at Cannapura. They
halted also at Xiengtong, Candra, Bang and Var and
finally came to Sukhodaya.