Dāṭhāvaṁsa It is not at all clear how this name has arisen, as it doesn't appear anywhere in the text. In the colophon the name of the author and the work is clearly given:
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa
Paṭhamo Paricchedo
Visāradaṁ vādapathātivattinaṁ
tilokapajjotam-asayhasāhinaṁ
asesañeyyāvaraṇappahāyinaṁ
namāmi satthāram-anantagocaraṁ. [1] [1-1]
Tilokanāthappabhavaṁ bhayāpahaṁ
visuddhavijjācaraṇehi sevitaṁ
papañcasaññojanabandhanacchidaṁ
namāmi dhammaṁ nipuṇaṁ sududdasaṁ. [2] [1-2]
Pasādam-attena pi yattha pāṇino
phusanti dukkhakkhayam-accutaṁ padaṁ
tam āhuṇeyyaṁ susamāhitindriyaṁ
namāmi saṅghaṁ munirājasāvakaṁ. [3] [1-3]
Vibhūsayaṁ Kāḷakanāgaranvayaṁ
parakkamo kāruṇiko camūpati
gavesamāno jinasāsanassa yo
virūḷhim-atthañ-ca janassa patthayaṁ. [4] [1-4]
Sudhāmayūkhāmalapaṇḍuvaṁsajaṁ
virūḷhasaddhaṁ munirājasāsane
piyaṁvadaṁ nītipathānuvattinaṁ
sadā pajānaṁ janikaṁ va mātaraṁ. [5] [1-5]
Piyaṁ parakkantibhujassa rājino
mahesim-accunnatabuddhisampadaṁ
vidhāya Līlāvatim-icchitatthadaṁ
asesalaṅkātalarajjalakkhiyaṁ. [6] [1-6]
Kumāram-ārādhitasādhumantinaṁ
mahādayaṁ Paṇḍunarindavaṁsajaṁ
vidhāya saddhaṁ Madhurindanāmakaṁ
susikkhitaṁ pāvacane kalāsu ca. [7] [1-7]
Narindasuññaṁ suciraṁ-ti Sīhaḷaṁ
itippatītaṁ ayasaṁ apānudi
ciram-paṇītena ca cīvarādinā
susaññate saṁyamino atappayi. [8] [1-8]
Ciraṭṭhitiṁ pāvacanassa icchatā
kataññunā vikkama buddisālinā
satīmatā candimabandhukittinā
sagāravaṁ tenabhiyācito ahaṁ. [9] [1-9]
Sadesabhāsāya kavīhi Sīhaḷe
katam-pi vaṁsaṁ jinadantadhātuyā
niruttiyā Māgadhikāya vuddhiyā
karomi dīpantaravāsinaṁ api. [10] [1-10]
Jino yam-iddhe Amaravhaye pure
kadāci hutvāna Sumedhanāmako
savedavedaṅgavibhāgakovido
mahaddhane vippakulamhi māṇavo. [11] [1-11]
Ahaṁ hi jātivyasanena pīḷito
jarābhibhūto maraṇena otthaṭo
sivaṁ padaṁ jātijarādinissaṭaṁ
gavessayissaṁ ti raho vicintiya. [12] [1-12]
Anekasaṅkhaṁ dhanadhaññasampadaṁ
patiṭṭhapetvā kapaṇesu duccajaṁ
anappake pemabharānubandhino
vihāya mitte ca sute ca bandhave. [13] [1-13]
Pahāya kāme nikhile manorame
gharābhinikkhamma Himācalantike
mahīdharaṁ Dhammikanāmavissutaṁ
upecca nānātarurājibhūsitaṁ. [14] [1-14]
Manonukūle surarājanimmite
asammigānaṁ agatimhi assame
nivattacīro ajinakkhipaṁ vahaṁ
jaṭādharo tāpasavesam-aggahi. [15] [1-15]
Susaññatatto parimāritindriyo M.
phalāphalādīhi pavattayaṁ tanuṁ
gato abhiññāsu ca pāramiṁ vasī
tahiṁ samāpattisukhaṁ avindi so [16] [1-16]
Susajjite Rammapurādhivāsinā
mahājanenattamanena añjase
pathappadese abhiyantam-attano
aniṭṭhite yeva Sumedhatāpaso. [17] [1-17]
Agādhañeyyodadhipāradassinaṁ
bhavantaguṁ nibbanathaṁ B:
anekakhīṇāsavalakkhasevitaṁ
kadāci Dīpaṅkarabuddham-addasa. [18] [1-18]
Tato sasaṅghassa tilokabhattuno
pariccajitvāna tanum-pi jīvitaṁ
pasārayitvāna jaṭājinādikaṁ
vidhāya setuṁ tanum-eva pallale. [19] [1-19]
Anakkamitvā kalalaṁ mahādaye
sabhikkhuko gacchatu piṭṭhiyā iti
adhiṭṭhahitvāna nipannako tahiṁ
anātham-etaṁ tibhavaṁ samekhiya. [20] [1-20]
Dayāya sañcoditamānaso jane
bhavaṇṇavā uddharituṁ dukhaddite
akāsi sambodhipadassa pattiyā
mahābhinīhāram-udaggavikkamo. [21] [1-21]
Atho viditvā vasino tam-āsayaṁ
adāsi so vyākaraṇaṁ mahāmunī
tato puraṁ taṁhi Tathāgate gate
sayaṁ vasī sammasi pāramīguṇe. [22] [1-22]
Tato ca kappānam-alīnavikkamo
asaṅkhiye so caturo salakkhake
tahiṁ tahiṁ jātisu bodhipācane
visuddhasambhāraguṇe apūrayi. [23] [1-23]
Athābhijāto Tusite mahāyaso
visuddhasambodhipadopaladdhiyā
udikkhamāno samayaṁ dayādhano
ciraṁ vibhūtiṁ anubhosi sabbaso. [24] [1-24]
Sahassasaṅkhādasacakkavāḷato
samāgatānekasurādhipādihi
udaggudaggehi jinantapattiyā
sagāravaṁ so abhigamma yācito. [25] [1-25]
Tato cavitvā Kapilavhaye pure
sadā sato Sakyakulekaketuno
ahosi Suddhodanabhūmibhattuno
Mahādimāyāya mahesiyā suto. [26] [1-26]
Vijātamatto va vasundharāya so
patiṭṭhahitvāna disā vilokayi
tadā ahesuṁ vivaṭaṅganā disā
apūjayuṁ tattha ca devamānusā. [27] [1-27]
Adhārayuṁ ātapavāraṇādikaṁ
adissamānā va nabhambhi devatā
padāni so satta ca uttarāmukho
upecca nicchārayi vācam-āsabhiṁ. [28] [1-28]
Yathattha-Siddhattakumāranāmako
mahabbalo yobbanahāriviggaho
ututtayānucchavikesu tīsu so
'nubhosi pāsādavaresu sampadaṁ. [29] [1-29]
Kadāci uyyānapathe jarāhataṁ
tathāturaṁ kālakataṁ ca saṁyamiṁ
kamena disvāna virattamānaso
bhavesu so pabbajituṁ akāmayi. [30] [1-30]
Sapupphadīpādikarehi rattiyaṁ
purakkhato so tidivādhivāsihi
sa-Channako Kanthakavājiyānato
tato mahākāruṇiko Text:
Kamena patvāna Anomam-āpagaṁ
sudhotamuttāphalahārisekate
patiṭṭhahitvā varamoḷibandhanaṁ
sitāsilūnaṁ gagane samukkhipi. [32] [1-32]
Paṭiggahetvā tidasānam-issaro
suvaṇṇacaṅgotavarena taṁ tadā
tiyojanaṁ nīlamaṇīhi cetiyaṁ
akāsi cūḷāmaṇim-attano pure. [33] [1-33]
Tato Ghaṭīkārasarojayoninā
samāhaṭaṁ dhārayi cīvarādikaṁ
atho sakaṁ vatthayugaṁ nabhatthale
pasatthavesaggahaṇo samukkhipi. [34] [1-34]
Paṭiggahetvāna tam-ambujāsano
mahiddhiko bhattibharena codito
sake bhave dvādasayojanaṁ akā
maṇīhi nīlādihi dussacetiyaṁ. [35] [1-35]
Susaññatatto satimā jitindriyo
vinītaveso rasagedhavajjito
cha hāyanāneva anomavikkamo
mahāpadhānaṁ padahittha dukkaraṁ. [36] [1-36]
Visākhamāsassatha puṇṇamāsiyaṁ
upecca mūlaṁ sahajāya bodhiyā
tiṇāsane cuddasahatthasammite
adhiṭṭhahitvā viriyaṁ nisajji B:
Avattharantiṁ vasudhaṁ ca ambaraṁ
virūpavesaggahaṇena bhiṁsanaṁ
pakampayanto sadharādharaṁ mahiṁ
jino padose jini māravāhiṇiṁ. [38] [1-38]
Surāsurabrahmagaṇehi sajjite
jagattaye pupphamayagghikādinā
pavattamāne suradundubhissare
abujjhi bodhiṁ rajanīparikkhaye. [39] [1-39]
Tadā pakampiṁsu saselakānanā
sahassasaṁkhādasalokadhātuyo
agañchi so loṇapayodhi sādutaṁ B:
mahāvabhāso bhuvanesu patthari. [40] [1-40]
Labhiṁsu andhā vimale vilocane
suṇiṁsu sadde badhirā pi jātiyā
lapiṁsu mūgā vacanena vaggunā
cariṁsu khelaṁ padasā va paṅgulā. [41] [1-41]
Bhaviṁsu khujjā ujusommaviggahā
sikhī pi nibbāyi avīci-ādisu
apāgamuṁ bandhanato pi jantavo
khudādikaṁ petabhavā apakkami. [42] [1-42]
Samiṁsu rogavyasanāni pāṇinaṁ
bhayaṁ tiracchānagate na pīḷayi
janā ahesuṁ sakhilā piyaṁvadā
pavattayuṁ koñcanadaṁ mataṅgajā. [43] [1-43]
Hayā ca hesiṁsu pahaṭṭhamānasā
nadiṁsu sabbā sayam-eva dundubhī
raviṁsu dehābharaṇāni pāṇinaṁ
disā pasīdiṁsu samā samantato. [44] [1-44]
Pavāyi mando sukhasītamāruto
pavassi megho pi akālasaṁbhavo
jahiṁsu ākāsagatiṁ vihaṅgamā
mahiṁ samubbhijja jalaṁ samuṭṭhahi. [45] [1-45]
Asandamānā va ṭhitā savantiyo
nabhe virociṁsu asesajotiyo
bhavā ahesuṁ vivaṭā samantato
janassa nāsuṁ cavanūpapattiyo. Text:
Samekkhataṁ nāvaraṇā nagādayo
pavāyi gandho api dibbasammato
dumā ahesuṁ phalapupphadhārino
ahosi channo kamalehi aṇṇavo. [47] [1-47]
Thalesu toyesu ca pupphamānakā
vicittapupphā vikasiṁsu sabbathā
nirantaraṁ pupphasugandhavuṭṭhiyā
ahosi sabbaṁ vasudhambarantaraṁ. [48] [1-48]
Nisajja pallaṅkavare tahiṁ jino
sukhaṁ samāpattivihārasambhavaṁ
tatonubhonto sucirābhipatthitaṁ
dināni satteva atikkamāpayi. [49] [1-49]
Samuppatitvā gagaṇaṅganaṁ tato
padassayitvā yamakaṁ mahāmuni
sa pāṭihīraṁ tidivādhivāsinaṁ
jinattane saṁsayitaṁ nirākari. [50] [1-50]
Athotaritvāna jayāsanassa so
ṭhito va pubbuttarakaṇṇanissito
dināni sattānimisena cakkhunā
tam-āsanaṁ bodhitaruṁ ca pūjayī. [51] [1-51]
Athantarāḷe maṇicaṅkame jino
ṭhitappadesassa ca āsanassa ca
mahārahe devavarābhinimmite
dināni satteva akāsi caṅkamaṁ. [52] [1-52]
Tato disāyaṁ aparāya bodhiyā
upāvisitvā ratanālaye jino
samantapaṭṭhānanayaṁ vicintayaṁ
dināni satteva sa vītināmayi. [53] [1-53]
Viniggato satthu sarīrato tadā
jutippabandho paṭibandhavajjito
pamāṇasuññāsu ca lokadhātusu
samantato uddham-adho ca patthari. [54] [1-54]
Vaṭassa mūle Ajapālasaññino
sukhaṁ phusanto pavivekasambhavaṁ
vināyako satta vihāsi vāsare
anantadassī surarājapūjito. [55] [1-55]
Vihāsi mūle Mucalindasākhino
nisajja bhogāvalimandirodare
vikiṇṇapupphe Mucalindabhogino
samādhinā vāsarasattakaṁ jino. [56] [1-56]
Dume pi Rājāyatane samādhinā
vihāsi rattindivasattakaṁ muni
sahassanetto atha dantapoṇakaṁ
mukhodakañ-cāpi adāsi satthuno. [57] [1-57]
Tato mahārājavarehi ābhataṁ
silāmayaṁ pattacatukkam-ekakaṁ
vidhāya manthaṁ madhupiṇḍikaṁ tahiṁ
paṭiggahetvāna sa vāṇijāhaṭaṁ. [58] [1-58]
Katannakicco saraṇesu te ubho
patiṭṭhapetvāna Tapassu-Bhalluke
adāsi tesaṁ abhipūjituṁ sakaṁ
parāmasitvāna siraṁ siroruhe. [59] [1-59]
Vaṭassa mūle Ajapālasaññino
sahampatibrahmavarena yācito
janassa kātuṁ varadhammasaṅgahaṁ Text:
agañchi Bārāṇasim-ekako muni. [60] [1-60]
Gantvā so dhammarājā vanam-Isipatanaṁ saññatānaṁ niketaṁ
pallaṅkasmiṁ nisinno tahim-avicalitaṭṭhānasampāditamhi
āsāḷhe puṇṇamāyaṁ sitaruciruciyā jotite cakkavāḷe
devabrahmādikānaṁ duritamalaharaṁ vattayī dhammacakkaṁ. [61] [1-61]
Sutvā saddhammam-aggaṁ tibhuvanakuharābhogavitthārikaṁ B:
Aññākoṇḍaññanāmadvijamunipamukhaṭṭhārasabrahmakoṭī
aññāsuṁ maggadhammaṁ parimitarahite cakkavāḷe uḷāro
obhāso pātubhūto sapadi bahuvidhaṁ āsi accherakaṁ ca. [62] [1-62]
Paṭhamo Paricchedo