Prince Suvannamegha, son of King Sudassa, was expelled from the kingdom of Benares following intrigues perpetrated against him by a minor queen. He wandered in the jungle, accompanied by a golden-hair dog, and found refuge in a hermitage where he studied the arts and sciences before marrying Gandhamalā, the hermit's daughter. Later on, the minor queen's daughter was offered as food to a yakşa. The young prince. freed her and was placed on the throne of Benares by his father, King Sudassa.
Colophon:
Monk Gandavijayavaṃso wrote this manuscript to prolong the religion 5,000 years or long as the life of this manuscript. I wrote the manuscript during my stay of assistance to Sawathu Khruba Sommana at Wat Luang Ban Hong in CS 1249, a moeng khai year, on the fifth waning-moon day of the first [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week, at the time of the morning drum.
Nibbāna paccayo hotu me niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.
Other notes:
The date corresponds to Friday, 7 October 1887 (1249 Asvina 20).