Anāgatavamsa

A poem on the story of Metteyya, the future Buddha, by an elder named Kassapa (Gv.61), an inhabitant of the Cola country (Svd.v.1204).

The poem is probably based on an older work (P.L.C.,160f).

A tīkā exists, written by an Upatissa, possibly the author of the Mahābodhivamsa.

The introductory verses of the poem state that the story was preached by the Buddha at Sāriputta's request. For the text see J.P.T.S.,1886, pp.32ff.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]