Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Mahāvamsa A. The Only Expressed Objective : Sujanappasādasamvega B. For Converting the Unconverted and Pleasing the Converted C. The Central Doctrine of Buddhism Impermanence - D. The Exhortation to be Diligent - Appamāda E. The ...
... Mahāvamsa A. The Only Expressed Objective : Sujanappasādasamvega B. For Converting the Unconverted and Pleasing the Converted C. The Central Doctrine of Buddhism Impermanence - D. The Exhortation to be Diligent - Appamāda E. The ...
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... Mahāvamsa ? While we have adequate grounds to accept the Sihala - atthakatha- Mahāvamsa , in its diverse versions , specially those interspersed with Pali verses , as the source of the Mahāvamsa , the assumption that the Dipavamsa as we ...
... Mahāvamsa ? While we have adequate grounds to accept the Sihala - atthakatha- Mahāvamsa , in its diverse versions , specially those interspersed with Pali verses , as the source of the Mahāvamsa , the assumption that the Dipavamsa as we ...
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... Mahāvamsa and the Vamsatthappakāsini is no longer tenable . The Mahavamsa is not an elaboration or a commentary of ... Mahāvamsa is equally indebted to the Sihala - Atthakatha- Mahavamsa and to heroic poems in Sinhala . The entire Dutth ...
... Mahāvamsa and the Vamsatthappakāsini is no longer tenable . The Mahavamsa is not an elaboration or a commentary of ... Mahāvamsa is equally indebted to the Sihala - Atthakatha- Mahavamsa and to heroic poems in Sinhala . The entire Dutth ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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