सिंहली बौद्ध दोरोंनि बायदिब्ला, चन्द्रगुप्तनि बिमाया गोर्बोआव दंमोन, जेब्ला बिथांनि बिफा-जाय मोरिया फोलेरनि गाहायमोन-मोनसे दावहायाव थैनो गोनां जादोंमोन।
According to the Sinhalese Buddhist tradition, Chandragupta's mother was pregnant when his father - who was the chief of the Moriya clan - was killed in a battle.