BhuvanekabÄhu
1. BhuvanekabÄhu. A Singhalese ruler (Ä€dipÄda) who founded a town at Govindamala in Rohana and dwelt there after MÄgha’s forces had devastated Sri Lanka. Cv.lxxxi.6.
2. BhuvanekabÄhu. The younger son of VijayabÄhu III. When ParakkamabÄhu II. came to the throne, BhuvanekabÄhu was made YuvarÄja. By the king’s orders he learnt the Tipitaka, in which he became well versed, and later instructed the Theras therein. Cv.lxxxi.68; lxxxii.4; lxxxiv.29. See also BhuvanekabÄhu-pariveṇa.
3. BhuvanekabÄhu. The second of the five sons of ParakkamabÄhu II. He was entrusted (by VijayabÄhu IV.) with the defence of the north of Sri Lanka with his headquarters at Sundarapabbata. He later built a town there where he settled. When VijayabÄhu died and Mitta usurped the throne, BhuvanekabÄhu fled from the capital (Jambuddoni) and narrowly escaped death on the way. However, soon after, the Ariya soldiers revolted against Mitta and restored BhuvanekabÄhu to the throne, where he ruled for eleven years (1237-84 A.C.) as BhuvanekabÄhu I.
Among other acts of piety, he appointed scribes to copy the whole of the Tipitaka, and gave copies to the chief vihÄras of Sri Lanka. Cv.lxxxvii.16; lxxxviii.24, 79; xc.4, 28ff.
4. BhuvanekabÄhu. Son of BhuvanekabÄhu I. He succeeded ParakkamabÄhu III. and had his capital at Hatthiselapura. Every year, in the month of JetthamÅ«la, he held a great festival to celebrate his coronation and to admit new members into the Order. He ruled for eleven years (1291 1302 A.C.). Cv.xc.59ff.
5. BhuvanekabÄhu III. Also called Vanni BhuvanekabÄhu. He succeeded ParakkamabÄhu IV. Cv.xc.105.
6. BhuvanekabÄhu IV. He succeeded VijayabÄhu V. and ruled at GangÄsiripura (c. 1346 53 A.C.). Cv.xc.107ff.
7. BhuvanekabÄhu V. (1360 91 A.C.). He reigned at Jayavaddhanakotta. Among other pious acts, he made a very costly casket for the Tooth Relic. Cv.xci.9ff.
8. BhuvanekabÄhu VI. He came to the throne by murdering JayabÄhu II. and ruled for seven years (1473 80 A.C.). Cv.xcii.1f.
9. BhuvanekabÄhu VII. (1521 50 A.C.). He succeeded VijayabÄhu VI. Cv.xcii.4f.
10. BhuvanekabÄhu Thera. An eminent monk of Sri Lanka in the fifteenth century. He was the teacher of the author of the AnÄpattidÄ«panÄ«. P.L.C.247, 254.
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