Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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Page 141
... Moggaliputta Tissa Sends missions to propagate Buddhism : Mahinda to Sri Lanka ; Majjhantika to Kashmir and Gandhara ; Mahadeva to Mahisamandala ( Mysore ? ) ; Rakkhita to Vanavasa ; Dhammarakkhita the Greek to Aparantaka ( i.e. Western ...
... Moggaliputta Tissa Sends missions to propagate Buddhism : Mahinda to Sri Lanka ; Majjhantika to Kashmir and Gandhara ; Mahadeva to Mahisamandala ( Mysore ? ) ; Rakkhita to Vanavasa ; Dhammarakkhita the Greek to Aparantaka ( i.e. Western ...
Page 239
... Moggaliputta - Tissa's arrival and the incident involving the king's sword - bearer , as given in the Ţika ( EM 5. 577-585 ) - A metrical version of the full Tittira Jataka ( EM . 5. 596- 625 ) . While the Third Council is described in ...
... Moggaliputta - Tissa's arrival and the incident involving the king's sword - bearer , as given in the Ţika ( EM 5. 577-585 ) - A metrical version of the full Tittira Jataka ( EM . 5. 596- 625 ) . While the Third Council is described in ...
Page 1074
... Moggaliputta Tissa , and staying in his monastery for seven days and learning all the differences of religious doctrine , caused all the monks of Jambudipa to be summoned and to assemble at the monastery of Asokarama , in Pāṭaliputra ...
... Moggaliputta Tissa , and staying in his monastery for seven days and learning all the differences of religious doctrine , caused all the monks of Jambudipa to be summoned and to assemble at the monastery of Asokarama , in Pāṭaliputra ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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Abhaya according Anula Anuradhapura Arahants Asoka Atthakatha bhikkhunis bhikkhus Bodhi-tree Brahman brother Buddha Buddhadatta Buddhist built called century ceremony cetiya Ceylon Chapter Colombo consecrated Council Damila death Devanampiya-Tissa Dhamma Dipavamsa Dutthagamani dynasty earth edicts Elara elephant established Extended Mahavamsa Faith foll Geiger renders Geiger translates George Turnour gods Gothabhaya hundred Ibid island king king's kṣatriya literature lord Mahasena Mahavamsa Mahavihara Mahinda Malalasekera meaning Mendis mentioned ministers Moggaliputta-Tissa monastery monks Mutasiva Naga Nicholas Pāli Pali Chronicles Pandukabhaya Paranavitana pious prince records reference reign relics religious Rhys Davids rock inscription Rohana royal ruler samanera Sangha Sanghamitta says scholars Sinhala Sinhalese sources South India Sri Lanka thera Thera Mahinda theri thousand throne thupa Thuparama Tika explains tion Tissa took Turnour UCHC Uttiya Vamsatthappakasini Vasabha verse vihara Vijaya warriors word Yakkhas yojanas