After receiving tlze Mahatbera with gr
the king asked the Mabfisam: Sanghaiaja to enter the
vihara} (monastery) prepared for him, during the
rainy (varsa} season. In honour of the monk, the
king made various religious endowments. He made
a statue of Lord Buddha on the model of the statue
of Buddha which was in the middle of the city, to the
East of the Great Rerlc. The king also distributed
ten livres of gold and silver, ten sorts of precious ob-
jects, civaras and many other things.
After the rains [var&L\ in the month of Kaitika,
the king Sri Suryavam^a Raina mahadharrnarajadhi-
raja resolved to observe the precepts of ksama (for-
giveness), dana (gifts) and Stla in the presence of a
statue of gold erected in the royal palace. The king
then invited the Mahasami Sangharaja, also iheras}
amitheras and the entire assembly of bhiksus (monks)
to the hema prdsada raja mandira (royal palace ).
The king sat bowing down before the golden
image (suvarna pratzma} with hands joined in anjali
and said—" As phahi punya^ I thus enter into the
religion of our Lord Buddha. I do not either desire
cakravartisampatti or Indrasampatii or Brahm&sam-
paitL I want only to be a Buddha to aid the beings
in traversing the three sorts of existence (namely,
kamabhava = sensual existence, rnpabhava = corporal
existence, and arupabhava = incorporal existence)/'
Thus the king took his vow and sought refuge to
Buddha, Dharma and Sahgha. This is the account of
his taking pabbajja.