Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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Page 34
... Kandula after him . Nandimitta , in order that he might arrest the charging elephant , seizing his two tusks in both his hands , planted him on his haunches . " Wherever the place , and whatever the circumstance under which the elephant ...
... Kandula after him . Nandimitta , in order that he might arrest the charging elephant , seizing his two tusks in both his hands , planted him on his haunches . " Wherever the place , and whatever the circumstance under which the elephant ...
Page 49
... Kandula upon him ( once ) when he saw him coming towards him . When the elephant came to overpower him , Nandhimitta seized with his hands his two tusks and forced him on his haunches . Since Nandhimitta fought with the elephant the ...
... Kandula upon him ( once ) when he saw him coming towards him . When the elephant came to overpower him , Nandhimitta seized with his hands his two tusks and forced him on his haunches . Since Nandhimitta fought with the elephant the ...
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... Kandula , with a pleased mind , abandoned the hatred over the seizure by the tusks , 29 which it had earlier nursed . So that the warrior might enter behind it , Kandula , the best of elephants , turned around and looked at him there ...
... Kandula , with a pleased mind , abandoned the hatred over the seizure by the tusks , 29 which it had earlier nursed . So that the warrior might enter behind it , Kandula , the best of elephants , turned around and looked at him there ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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