Middle life Sanghamitta

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revered bodhi tree brought sangamitta , planted @ anuradhapura, sri lanka -oldest surviving bodhi tree


sangamittā carried right south branch of bodhi-tree (selected ashoka maha bodhi-tree in gaya) on ship anurādhapura, during 12th year of ashoka s reign. sapling planted devānāmpiya tissa in mahāmeghavana in anurdhapura. seems buddha, on death bed, had resolved 5 things, 1 being branch should taken ceylon should detach . journey route followed sangamitta carried tree branch gayā pātaliputta , tāmalittī in bengal. here, placed in golden vase in ship , transported jambukola across sea. entourage reached anurādhapura, staying en route @ tivakka.


the planting of bodhi tree grand ceremony performed king himself assistance nobles of kājaragāma, candanagāma , tivakka, in presence of sangamitta , brother mahindra. tree took 8 roots, yielded fruits , seeds. fresh 8 saplings emerged, moved , planted @ jambukola (present colombogaon in north sri lanka), in village of tivakka, @ thūpārāmā, @ issaramanārāma, in court of pathamacetiya, in cetiyagiri, in kājaragāma , in candanagāma.


the tree, stands, on raised mound. in 1907, 32 feet (9.8 m) in height 8.17 feet (2.49 m) in girth. th tree , shrine have been built around compound wall measuring 61 feet (19 m) x 57 feet (17 m) , 21 feet (6.4 m) in height, protect tree , shrine built around it. ten more trees of same species seen within precincts of enclosure. damaged buddha statue made in bricks (attributed creation during tissa s rule) marker locate main bodhi-tree here. 32 more saplings, 4 other fruits, planted in near vicinity.


the bodhi-tree @ anuradhapura tended successive royal family members of sri lanka on centuries, so village near anurādhapura earmarked provide maintenance of tree.


a recent comment historian h. g. wells on oldest historical tree in world, maintained states:



in ceylon there grows day tree, oldest historical tree in world, know have been planted cutting bodhi-tree in year 245 bc. time has been tended , watered.









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