Pajjamadhu

Pajjamadhu, the “Honey of Verse” — one of the short metrical works composed in Ceylon under open Sanskrit influence. It praises the Buddha, his community and the Nibbāna in 102 verses of vasantatilakā, with two verses added at the end: the first giving the author's name and the work's title, the second a benediction in śārdūlavikrīḍita.

The author is Buddhapiya, a pupil of Ānanda Araññaratana, and the likely date is the 1200s CE. That attribution can be checked here rather than taken on trust. The verse Hinüber cites is verse 103, and verse 103 of this text reads Ānanda rañña ratanādi mahā yatinda … Buddhappiyena ghana buddha guṇappiyena, therālinā racita pajjamadhuṃ pibantu — let them drink the Honey of Verse, composed by the elder Buddhappiya, who loves the dense qualities of the Buddha.

It was edited by E. R. Goonaratne in the Journal of the Pali Text Society for 1887.