The Culavamsa Account of the Tooth Relic and Sacred Manifestations

Record summary

The Culavamsa continues Sri Lankan dynastic history and includes accounts of relic power, extraordinary signs and sacred manifestations surrounding kingship and Buddhist institutions. It is a useful late antique-to-medieval comparison for how apparition-like events can function as evidence of legitimacy within a religious chronicle. The text is layered, and later additions may reflect institutional memory rather than contemporaneous observation. Researchers should identify the exact chapter and manuscript or edition, then compare narrative claims with material evidence concerning relic cults and royal patronage.