Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Mahavihara made to Mahasena when the Jetavanarama was founded within the Mahavihara premises outlines the claims of the ancient monastery to its position of primacy in the religious establishment of the country . Its six hundred year ...
... Mahavihara made to Mahasena when the Jetavanarama was founded within the Mahavihara premises outlines the claims of the ancient monastery to its position of primacy in the religious establishment of the country . Its six hundred year ...
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... Mahavihara . His first step was to convince the king that the bhikkhus of the Mahavihara were transgressing the rules of discipline as expounded by the Buddha in the Vinaya . The outcome of this effort was that Mahasena issued an edict ...
... Mahavihara . His first step was to convince the king that the bhikkhus of the Mahavihara were transgressing the rules of discipline as expounded by the Buddha in the Vinaya . The outcome of this effort was that Mahasena issued an edict ...
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... Mahavihara . - - was so Others in the court were not as non - violent as Meghavannabhaya was . The king's favorite consort a daughter of a scribe enraged with the destruction of the Mahavihara that she engaged a carpenter to kill ...
... Mahavihara . - - was so Others in the court were not as non - violent as Meghavannabhaya was . The king's favorite consort a daughter of a scribe enraged with the destruction of the Mahavihara that she engaged a carpenter to kill ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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