Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... later by a certain number of years - I shall discuss the passage further on - AND SIX MONTHS later - than the abhiseka of Asoka , this latter event must have taken place in the third month Jettha ( April - May ) , ' and in fact , as we ...
... later by a certain number of years - I shall discuss the passage further on - AND SIX MONTHS later - than the abhiseka of Asoka , this latter event must have taken place in the third month Jettha ( April - May ) , ' and in fact , as we ...
Page 463
... later sources ' . But this only proves that the accession of the former should be dated 236 A.B. ( 609 + 236 = 845 ) , but naturally nothing can be deduced from this statement to aid us in dating the Niravana itself . I will now ...
... later sources ' . But this only proves that the accession of the former should be dated 236 A.B. ( 609 + 236 = 845 ) , but naturally nothing can be deduced from this statement to aid us in dating the Niravana itself . I will now ...
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... later times . We must keep to the most general statements if we would come near the historical truth . Everything special and particular should be looked upon with a certain scepticism . For the FIRST COUNCIL we need not hesitate to ...
... later times . We must keep to the most general statements if we would come near the historical truth . Everything special and particular should be looked upon with a certain scepticism . For the FIRST COUNCIL we need not hesitate to ...
Contents
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