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Mahanama was King of Anuradhapura in the 5th century, whose reign lasted from 412 to 434. He succeeded his brother Upatissa I as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his son Soththisena. According to the chronicles at first, this Mahanama was a monk and had an illicit relationship with the queen of Upathissa I. Then with the help of the queen he killed Upathissa and become king while placing the Queen of King Upathissa as his queen too. Anyway, after being king he has deeply devoted himself to Buddhism.

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  • Mahanama fou rei d'Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) del 412 al 434. Va dedicar la seva atenció a erigir edificis religiosos per anul·lar el record de l'assassinat del seu germà; va oferir tres vihares a la fraternitat d'Abhayagiri i una per a la reina que la va cedir a la Maha Vihara; també va construir hospitals. Va reparar molts temples i va contribuir al seu manteniment. En el seu regnat el país fou visitat per un budista indi de nom Budaghosa (la veu de Buda) que va traduir el Altakhata, que només existia en singalès, al pali. Una altra visita important fou la del viatger xinès Fa Hian, que va arribar vers el 413i que és l'autor del Foe Koue Ki ("Descripció dels regnes budistes" dedicats a Ceilan al capítols 37 i 38) que confirmen el que diu el Mahavansa. Esmenta la prosperitat de l'estat i de la ciutat d'Anuradhapura on vivien nombrosos magistrats, nobles i comerciants; descriu el clima suau sense estacions que distingeixin el temps i el gran nombre de tancs d'aigua que feien l'agricultura independent del temps; també descriu els monuments dedicats a Buda i les pedres precioses que adoren les estàtues a Anuradhapura; esmenta els arbres sagrats Bo; les cases de la capital diu que eren amples i rectes i molt boniques i bellament ornamentades; a tots els encreuaments hi havia llocs pels predicadors on les persones escoltaven les exposicions de les llei els dies vuitè, catorzè i quinzè de lluna. Fa Hian va estar a Ceilan dos anys i va dedicar el seu temps en transcriure llibres sagrats a Anuradhapura; les seves referències són totes de la capital i parla amb admiració dels edificis budistes, de les estàtues enjoiades i de les dimensions prodigioses de les dagobes; explica que va trobar no menys de cinc mil monjos a la capital dels quals 200 només en un sol monestir de muntanya i entre 50.000 i 60.000 en la resta de l'illa. Fa Hian esmenta que dues petjades de Buda, una al Pic d'Adam i una altra al nord de l'illa, eren venerades pels habitants. Una crònica xinesa (Leang-Shoo) esmenta que a l'inici del segle V una ambaixada de Ceilan va anar a l'Índia i després a la Xina on van arribar al cap de deu anys portant una representació de Buda de jade de 1,25 metres que fou presentada a l'emperador i fou situada en un temple a Kien Kang (Nanking). A la darrera part del regnat de Mahanama una altra ambaixada va portar al emperador un model del santuari de la Dent Sagrada. Una altra ambaixada fou enviada a l'emperador Julià l'Apòstata. Mahanama va morir el 426 després de 22 anys de regnat deixant dos fills: un anomenat Sothisena nascut d'una esposa secundària índia, que fou proclamat rei; i una noia anomenada Sangha, nascuda de la reina principal. (ca)
  • Mahanama fue rey de Anuradhapura en el siglo V, cuyo reinado duró de 412 a 434. Sucedió a su hermano como rey de Anuradhapura y fue sucedido por su hijo . Pertenecía a la dinastía Lambakanna) un poderoso clan que gobernó Sri Lanka. Su padre fue , rey de Anuradhapura que reinó de 341 a 370. Mahanama tuvo dos esposas, una tamil y otra cingalesa.​ (es)
  • Mahanama est un roi du royaume d'Anuradhapura, dans l'actuel Sri Lanka. (fr)
  • Mahanama was King of Anuradhapura in the 5th century, whose reign lasted from 412 to 434. He succeeded his brother Upatissa I as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his son Soththisena. According to the chronicles at first, this Mahanama was a monk and had an illicit relationship with the queen of Upathissa I. Then with the help of the queen he killed Upathissa and become king while placing the Queen of King Upathissa as his queen too. Anyway, after being king he has deeply devoted himself to Buddhism. During his time Abhayagiriya Monastery complex had become a larger wider and more powerful monastery than any other monastery in the country. As the guardian of the Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha, it becomes famous worldwide. With the environment of different ideas and different viewpoints, it transforms into semi university state and becomes a placement for keeping a thousand types of Buddhist scripture. Not only Buddhist scripture but it also was kept other knowledge in their too. So this is the very reason many foreign students came to Sri Lanka to study here. Not only Buddhist monks worldwide especially in India, and the Southeast Asian region countries, China and also normal scholars had the opportunity to study that knowledge. So during his reign, there came special foreign travellers to Lanka and among those most, were Buddhist monks. The first one was, a famous traveller Faxian who came to Lanka in A.D.410 and lived two years in Abhayagiriya viharaya. According to his records at that time there were 3000 monks residents in the Maha Vihara monastery complex while the Abhayagiriya monastery complex could host residents for 5000 monks. As well as Abhayagiriya had become guardians of the Tooth relic, Bowl relic and Heir relic of Lord Buddha. As well as he said was saw the worship of Tooth Relic was held for a total of 90 days with the participation of thousands of civilians which was held in a special building made in the Abhayagiri monastery complex area. During his living time in the country he was taken Vinaya Pitaka (discipline system)of (School) and Dirgagama and Samyukthagama sutras from this monastery and taken to China. The second important traveller was Gunavarman who was a Buddhist scholar and prince of Kashmir and also came to Abhayagiriya. Then he travelled to Java and successfully converted the Dowager queen and King in that country into Buddhism. After that, he guided a group of monks and Bhikkhunis (female monks ) to Nanjing in China. This Bhikkuni group was led by Bhikkuni Devasara Thisarana (Tie-se-ra) and that happened in two steps. The First 8 bhikkhunis were sent to Nanjing(That time Jiankang) which was Capital of Liu Song under the captainship of sailor Nanda and he came back with a message of insufficient bhikkhunis to perform dual ordination ( this process was required for female monks to become Bhikkhunis under ordination of bhikkus.).Then Lanka sent another Bhikkuni group with 10 to China, while that previous group was proficient in the Chinese language and tradition. So with that, there was successfully delivered Bhikkuni Upasampada to China with the dedication of Gunavarman and the group came from Sri Lanka. At the same time bhikkuni Chandramali was led another bhikkuni group to Tibet and was translated six Sanskrit text to Tibet which was including Tibetan thripitaka called as Kanjur. Anyway, Maha Vihara also did not lose its renowned name worldwide during this time and kept it. But compared to Abhayagihira it was less than Abhayagihira's fame. During his time a monk named Buddhaghosa who was studied under Revatha thero in Maha Bodhi Vihara in India and learned Dhamma Pitaka under Thero Sanghapala in Mahavihara and Vinaya Pitaka under thero Bhuddhamitha who lived in a vihara sponsored by a lord called Mahanigasami which located south direction of Secret tree of Lord Buddha in Anuradhapura. For checking his knowledge Theros in Maha Vihara was assigned for making a book that simplifies deep meanings in Buddhism and created the marvellous book called Vishuddhimagga Sannaya as a result. Not only that he translated much scripture that was written in the local language in Pali language. However, some folklore said that during that period was burned thousands of books that are written in the local language about different fields. Also, king Mahanama made several temples during his period. From those "Lohodora", "Ralagamuwa", and "Kempasa" temples were donated to Abhayagiri monks and a temple build on Dumrak hill which memorandum of his queen was given to Maha Vihara.Also during his time there were happened letter exchanges between Lanka and China royal courts. (en)
  • 마하나마(Mahanama)는 5세기의 아누라다푸라 왕국의 군주이다. 412년부터 434년까지 통치했다. 아누라다푸라 왕국의 군주로서 형제 우파티사 1세에 승계하였다. (ko)
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  • Mahanama fue rey de Anuradhapura en el siglo V, cuyo reinado duró de 412 a 434. Sucedió a su hermano como rey de Anuradhapura y fue sucedido por su hijo . Pertenecía a la dinastía Lambakanna) un poderoso clan que gobernó Sri Lanka. Su padre fue , rey de Anuradhapura que reinó de 341 a 370. Mahanama tuvo dos esposas, una tamil y otra cingalesa.​ (es)
  • Mahanama est un roi du royaume d'Anuradhapura, dans l'actuel Sri Lanka. (fr)
  • 마하나마(Mahanama)는 5세기의 아누라다푸라 왕국의 군주이다. 412년부터 434년까지 통치했다. 아누라다푸라 왕국의 군주로서 형제 우파티사 1세에 승계하였다. (ko)
  • Mahanama fou rei d'Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) del 412 al 434. Va dedicar la seva atenció a erigir edificis religiosos per anul·lar el record de l'assassinat del seu germà; va oferir tres vihares a la fraternitat d'Abhayagiri i una per a la reina que la va cedir a la Maha Vihara; també va construir hospitals. Va reparar molts temples i va contribuir al seu manteniment. Mahanama va morir el 426 després de 22 anys de regnat deixant dos fills: un anomenat Sothisena nascut d'una esposa secundària índia, que fou proclamat rei; i una noia anomenada Sangha, nascuda de la reina principal. (ca)
  • Mahanama was King of Anuradhapura in the 5th century, whose reign lasted from 412 to 434. He succeeded his brother Upatissa I as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his son Soththisena. According to the chronicles at first, this Mahanama was a monk and had an illicit relationship with the queen of Upathissa I. Then with the help of the queen he killed Upathissa and become king while placing the Queen of King Upathissa as his queen too. Anyway, after being king he has deeply devoted himself to Buddhism. (en)
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