King Elara
had a warrior named Mitra. His sister’s son was named Mitra as well. Little
Mitra used to creep far away from the house. Due to this reason infant Mitra
was tied to a mill stone. (Ambarum Gala in Sinhalese). One day little Mitra
carried the mill stone and crept away. After this incident, he was called
Nandimitra meaning “Strong Mitra”.
In time,
Nandimitra’s name was famous in the kingdom and King Kawan Tissa decided to
draft him into the service.
Suranimala
was the second strongest giant in the country. He became famous due to his
extraordinary strength and King Kawan Tissa decided to draft him into the
service.
When young
Sona was seven years old, he could break palm trees with his bear hands. Due to
this reason he was known as “Mahasona” or “Big Sona”. The news of the strength
of Mahasona reached King Kawan Tissa and King decided to draft Mahasona into
the service.
A man named
Mahanaga had a son and called him “Gothaka”. Gothaka was small, compared to
other children of his age but had immense strength. One day Gothaka and his
brothers went to cut Imbara trees in the forest. While his brothers were taking
a rest, Gothaka pulled down all the Imbara trees. When Gothaka’s brothers came
after the break they were amazed to see that Gothaka had pulled down all the
Imbara trees by himself. After that incident, Gothaka was called “Gothaimbara”.
A man named
Abhaya had a son and was called “putthabhaya” meaning son of Abhaya. Later
Abhaya became a monk (monks are known as “Thera” in Pali) and his son was
called “Theraputthabhaya”. Young Theraputthabhaya was strong and vigorous. His
fame was heard by the King and was admitted to the service.
Velusumana
grew up in a local governor’s house. One day the governor brought a stallion
from India. These stallions were known as “Saindhava” and happened to be
extremely fast and strong. Riding these horses required special skill. No man
was able to ride the horse brought by the governor. When the horse saw
Velusumana, the horse thought “This is a man worthy of riding me” and let
Velusumana mount him. King heard of Velusumana’s skills and accepted him to the
service.
In the
village of Mahadonika, there was a boy named Deva. Since the boy had a small
limp, the boy was called Kanchadewa. When the boy was a teenager he could
wrestle buffalos and antelopes with his bear hands. King heard of Kanchadewa and
drafted him to the service.
Pussadeva:
Near
Kitthaka Pabbatha Vihara, there lived a boy named Pussadeva. When Pussadeva
went to the temple, he blew the shell so loudly people were astonished. The
sound was powerful as a thunderbolt and some people were terrified. Other than
the skill of blowing shells, Pussadeva was a skilled archer. He could hit a
target from the light of lightening. King heard of him and admitted to the
service.
Labhiyavasabha:
Near the
Thuladeva mountain, there lived a young man named Vasabha. He was gifted with
great body and people called him Labhiyavasabha. With the help of his friends,
Labhiyavasabha started to construct a small reservoir. Within a short period of
time, he was able tofinish construction of the reservoir. King heard of this
great achievement and accepted Labhiyavasabha to the service.
King Kawan
Tissa called upon the ten great warriors and asked them to find ten more
warriors each. Then he asked those new men to find ten more each. This way King
Kawan Tissa built a great Army and gave it to Prince Gamini.
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Mahavamsa
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Mahavamsa
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