Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Dutthagamaṇi - Abhaya in waging a war against Elara as a struggle to revive the Buddhist Faith in the Island . ( c ) The Campaign of Dutthagamani - Abhaya The Pali Chronicles do not say how long Dutthagamani - Abhaya took for his ...
... Dutthagamaṇi - Abhaya in waging a war against Elara as a struggle to revive the Buddhist Faith in the Island . ( c ) The Campaign of Dutthagamani - Abhaya The Pali Chronicles do not say how long Dutthagamani - Abhaya took for his ...
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... Dutthagamani pitched a camp at a place which came to be known as Khandavarapitthi ( identified with present Polonnaruwa ) . The storming of Vijitanagara turned out to be the most important engagement in Dutthagamani's campaign . Here ...
... Dutthagamani pitched a camp at a place which came to be known as Khandavarapitthi ( identified with present Polonnaruwa ) . The storming of Vijitanagara turned out to be the most important engagement in Dutthagamani's campaign . Here ...
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... Dutthagamani - Abhaya . B Immediate Successors of Dutthagamani - Abhaya ( i ) Saddha - Tissa or Tissa the Pious The prevailing custom in ancient Sri Lanka as regards succession to sovereignty did not consider a king's son as necessarily ...
... Dutthagamani - Abhaya . B Immediate Successors of Dutthagamani - Abhaya ( i ) Saddha - Tissa or Tissa the Pious The prevailing custom in ancient Sri Lanka as regards succession to sovereignty did not consider a king's son as necessarily ...
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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