Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... monastery named Mahamangala . His consort , too , was keen to establish a monastery at the spot where she , as a young girl carrying food to her foster father , met the holy thera . She was saving money for this project when Vankanasika ...
... monastery named Mahamangala . His consort , too , was keen to establish a monastery at the spot where she , as a young girl carrying food to her foster father , met the holy thera . She was saving money for this project when Vankanasika ...
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... monastery named Girikumbhila " founded and his younger son , Thulath- ana , a monastery known as Kandara . " Thulathana came with his father who came to his brother ( i.e. Dutthagamaņi ) so as to bestow his ( i.e. Thulathana's ) own ...
... monastery named Girikumbhila " founded and his younger son , Thulath- ana , a monastery known as Kandara . " Thulathana came with his father who came to his brother ( i.e. Dutthagamaņi ) so as to bestow his ( i.e. Thulathana's ) own ...
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... monastery to the thera Mahātissa , who , among them , was the first to help him . As the king Abhaya " built it in the garden of Giri , the monastery , itself , became , by name , Abhayagiri . 84 He had Somadevi brought back and ...
... monastery to the thera Mahātissa , who , among them , was the first to help him . As the king Abhaya " built it in the garden of Giri , the monastery , itself , became , by name , Abhayagiri . 84 He had Somadevi brought back and ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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