Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Buddhism an aberration , needing explanation . So they continued to question all that the Buddhist tradition claimed to be his contribution to the promotion of Buddhism as a religion within and outside his empire . These were dismissed ...
... Buddhism an aberration , needing explanation . So they continued to question all that the Buddhist tradition claimed to be his contribution to the promotion of Buddhism as a religion within and outside his empire . These were dismissed ...
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... BUDDHISM IN HIS EMPIRE The same type of discrepancy which exists between Asbka's own inscriptions and the Buddhist tradition relating to his conversion to Buddhism persists as regards his role in the propagation of Buddhism . According to ...
... BUDDHISM IN HIS EMPIRE The same type of discrepancy which exists between Asbka's own inscriptions and the Buddhist tradition relating to his conversion to Buddhism persists as regards his role in the propagation of Buddhism . According to ...
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... Buddhist Councils . According to the Southern Buddhist tradition three Councils , as is known , took place , the first immediately after the death of the Buddha , the second a hundred years later under Kalasoka , the third 236 years ...
... Buddhist Councils . According to the Southern Buddhist tradition three Councils , as is known , took place , the first immediately after the death of the Buddha , the second a hundred years later under Kalasoka , the third 236 years ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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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 Gamani Geiger renders Geiger translates George Turnour gods hundred Ibid island Kalinga Kandula king king's literature Lohapasada 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 samanera Sangha Sanghamitta scholars Sinhala Sinhalese sources South India Sri Lanka thera thera Mahinda thousand throne thupa Thuparama Ţika Tika explains tion Tissa took Turnour UCHC Uttiya Vamsatthappakasini Vasabha verse vihara Vijaya warriors word Yakkhas yojanas