Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Mahavamsa refers to the Dipavamsa in his introductory verses as the ' Mahāvamsa composed by the Old ? The later tradition , including the author of the commentary of the Mahavamsa , has misunderstood this phrase , because they mistook ...
... Mahavamsa refers to the Dipavamsa in his introductory verses as the ' Mahāvamsa composed by the Old ? The later tradition , including the author of the commentary of the Mahavamsa , has misunderstood this phrase , because they mistook ...
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... Mahavamsa , Geiger's conclusion is as follows : ..... " either the author of the Mahavamsa adopted these verses unchanged or with little alteration from the Dipavamsa or they were to be found in the older sources . For some of the ...
... Mahavamsa , Geiger's conclusion is as follows : ..... " either the author of the Mahavamsa adopted these verses unchanged or with little alteration from the Dipavamsa or they were to be found in the older sources . For some of the ...
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... Mahavamsa , even if his name was Moggallana , was a monk , or that he was a native of Ceylon , though it is more than probable he was both ..... The work is later than the Mahavamsa - Ṭika ... I have fixed the date of the Mahāvamsa Tikā ...
... Mahavamsa , even if his name was Moggallana , was a monk , or that he was a native of Ceylon , though it is more than probable he was both ..... The work is later than the Mahavamsa - Ṭika ... I have fixed the date of the Mahāvamsa Tikā ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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