Mahakandara

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Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Mahakandara (महाकन्दर) was a river in Sri Lanka mentioned in Mahavansha (8.12) on the bank of which the prince Panduvasudeva from Sihapura landed in Sri Lanka after death of King Vijaya. It is presently known as Mankaduru.

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In Mahavansha

Mahavansa/Chapter 8 mentions The Consecrating of Panduvasudeva. ....In Sihapura, after the death of king Sihabahu, his son Sumitta was king; he had three Sons by the daughter of the Madda' king. The messengers coming to Sihapura handed the letter to the king. When he had heard the letter the king spoke thus to his three sons:

`I am old, dear ones; one of you must depart for the greatly favoured and beauteous Lañkä belonging to my brother, and there, after his death, assume, (the sovereignty of) that fair kingdom.'

The king's youngest son, the prince Panduvasudeva, thought: `I will go thither.' And when he had assured himself of the success of his journey and empowered by his father, he took with him thirty-two sons of ministers and embarked (with them) in the disguise of mendicant monks. They landed at the mouth of the Mahandara river (Mahakandara?); when the people saw these mendicant monks they received them with due respect.

महाकंदर नदी

Mahakandara महाकन्दर (AS, p.720): महावंश, 8,12 के अनुसार कुमारविजय की मृत्यु के पश्चात सिंहपुर का राजकुमार पांडुवासुदेव भारत से लंका आकर बत्तीस अमात्य-पुत्रों के साथ महाकंदर नदी के मुहाने पर उतरा था. यही बाद में लंका का राजा बना. महाकंदर नदी शायद वर्तमान मांकदुरु है. [1]

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