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Yes. Search YouTube for "Bodhi Wanshaya Deshana". Many monks have recorded the full text. You can convert those videos to MP3 using online converters, then read along with your PDF.

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The Sinhala Bodhi Wanshaya is attributed to the Venerable Upatissa Thera, though the original Pali text ( Bodhivamsa Pali ) was likely composed in the 10th or 11th century CE. The Sinhala translation/adaptation was completed during the Polonnaruwa period, under the patronage of King Mahinda IV (or sometimes credited to Parakramabahu I’s era). This text belongs to the Wanshaya (chronicle) genre, which includes the Dathawanshaya (Chronicle of the Tooth Relic) and the Mahawanshaya .

No. The Mahawansha is the political history of kings (Dutugemunu, Elara, etc.). The Bodhi Wanshaya is specifically the biography of the Bodhi tree.

The term Bodhi Wanshaya translates to "The Lineage of the Bodhi Tree" or "The Chronicle of the Sacred Fig Tree." Unlike the Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle), which focuses on the political history of Sri Lankan kings, the Bodhi Wanshaya focuses specifically on the Sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Anuradhapura.