Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... took place , and whether after this Second Council yet a third took place and at what time . According to the Southern Buddhist tradition , as we saw , the Second Council was held in Vesali itself under king Kalasoka in the year 383/2 ...
... took place , and whether after this Second Council yet a third took place and at what time . According to the Southern Buddhist tradition , as we saw , the Second Council was held in Vesali itself under king Kalasoka in the year 383/2 ...
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... took place at Culangan- iyapitthi . There many thousands of the king's men ' fell . The king , his minister Tissa and the mare Dighathunika - all three of them took flight . The prince pursued them . - 21 The bhikkhus created a mountain ...
... took place at Culangan- iyapitthi . There many thousands of the king's men ' fell . The king , his minister Tissa and the mare Dighathunika - all three of them took flight . The prince pursued them . - 21 The bhikkhus created a mountain ...
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... took the copper nuggets in a bowl , approached the king and informed the matter . 14 18-19 In the region to the south - east from the city , at four yojanas , in the village of Sumanavapi , many gems arose . The villagers took them ...
... took the copper nuggets in a bowl , approached the king and informed the matter . 14 18-19 In the region to the south - east from the city , at four yojanas , in the village of Sumanavapi , many gems arose . The villagers took them ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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