1. Bhuvanekabáhu. A Singhalese ruler (Ádipáda) who founded a town at Govindamala in Rohana and dwelt there after Mágha's forces had devastated Ceylon. Cv.lxxxi.6.
2. Bhuvanekabáhu. The younger son of Vijayabáhu III. When Parakkamabáhu II. came to the throne, Bhuvanekabáhu was made Yuvarája. 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 Bhuvanekabáhu-parivena.
3. Bhuvanekabáhu. The second of the five sons of Parakkamabáhu II. He was entrusted (by Vijayabáhu IV.) with the defence of the north of Ceylon with his headquarters at Sundarapabbata. He later built a town there where he settled. When Vijayabáhu died and Mitta usurped the throne, Bhuvanekabáhu fled from the capital (Jambuddoni) and narrowly escaped death on the way. But soon after, the Ariya soldiers revolted against Mitta and restored Bhuvanekabáhu to the throne, where he ruled for eleven years (1237-84 A.C.) as Bhuvanekabáhu I.
Among other acts of piety, he appointed scribes to copy the whole of the Tipitaka, and gave copies to the chief viháras of Ceylon. Cv.lxxxvii.16; lxxxviii.24, 79; xc.4, 28ff.
4. Bhuvanekabáhu. Son of Bhuvanekabáhu I. He succeeded Parakkamabáhu III. and had his capital at Hatthiselapura. Every year, in the month of Jetthamúla, 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. Bhuvanekabáhu III. Also called Vanni Bhuvanekabáhu. He succeeded Parakkamabáhu IV. Cv.xc.105.
6. Bhuvanekabáhu IV. He succeeded Vijayabáhu V. and ruled at Gangásiripura (c. 1346 53 A.C.). Cv.xc.107ff.
7. Bhuvanekabáhu 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. Bhuvanekabáhu VI. He came to the throne by murdering Jayabáhu II. and ruled for seven years (1473 80 A.C.). Cv.xcii.1f.
9. Bhuvanekabáhu VII. (1521 50 A.C.). He succeeded Vijayabáhu VI. Cv.xcii.4f.
10. Bhuvanekabáhu Thera. An eminent monk of Ceylon in the fifteenth century. He was the teacher of the author of the Anápattidípaní. P.L.C.247, 254.