Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Rhys Davids . His assessment of the evidence of Sri Lankan Pali sources was : " I am not prepared to say , though their evidence is so much later , there may not be some truth in their view " . Thus implicitly assigning Asoka's contact ...
... Rhys Davids . His assessment of the evidence of Sri Lankan Pali sources was : " I am not prepared to say , though their evidence is so much later , there may not be some truth in their view " . Thus implicitly assigning Asoka's contact ...
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... English translation . See the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society vol . xxi , no . 61 , pp . 40-42 , 70 , 86 . The plan has been to produce a literal translation , 431 Editor's Preface by T W Rhys Davids.
... English translation . See the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society vol . xxi , no . 61 , pp . 40-42 , 70 , 86 . The plan has been to produce a literal translation , 431 Editor's Preface by T W Rhys Davids.
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... RHYS DAVIDS , Buddhism , 110 ; Early Buddhism , 72–74 . [ See Nyanatiloka , BD , s.v. Ariyapuggala ] . 8. * ĀRĀMA , ' park , garden ' . Designation of a Buddhist convent = vihara , CHILDERS , Pali Dictionary , s.v. 9. ARIYA , Literally ...
... RHYS DAVIDS , Buddhism , 110 ; Early Buddhism , 72–74 . [ See Nyanatiloka , BD , s.v. Ariyapuggala ] . 8. * ĀRĀMA , ' park , garden ' . Designation of a Buddhist convent = vihara , CHILDERS , Pali Dictionary , s.v. 9. ARIYA , Literally ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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