Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Sanghamitta ? The two brief accounts of Jetthatissa and Mahasena ( D.22.61-75 ) are restricted to the momuments and irrigation works constructed by the former and the latter's partiality to some unnamed heretical teachers . The gruesome ...
... Sanghamitta ? The two brief accounts of Jetthatissa and Mahasena ( D.22.61-75 ) are restricted to the momuments and irrigation works constructed by the former and the latter's partiality to some unnamed heretical teachers . The gruesome ...
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... Sanghamitta was endorsed by the thera Moggaliputta - Tissa and Asoka took action accordingly . - The Emperor Asoka , himself , had gone in procession to the Bodhi- tree at Gaya - a distance of seven yojanas and had the southern branch ...
... Sanghamitta was endorsed by the thera Moggaliputta - Tissa and Asoka took action accordingly . - The Emperor Asoka , himself , had gone in procession to the Bodhi- tree at Gaya - a distance of seven yojanas and had the southern branch ...
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... Sanghamitta was angered on hearing the words of the Abhayagiri bhikkhus . Ţ . pp . 672-673 . But the tradition has it that Sanghamitta swore vengeance when he saw how cruelly his teacher had been branded on his back before he was ...
... Sanghamitta was angered on hearing the words of the Abhayagiri bhikkhus . Ţ . pp . 672-673 . But the tradition has it that Sanghamitta swore vengeance when he saw how cruelly his teacher had been branded on his back before he was ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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Abhaya according Anula Anuradhapura Arahants Asoka Atthakatha bhikkhunis bhikkhus Bodhi-tree Brahman brother Buddha Buddhadatta Buddhist built called century ceremony cetiya Ceylon Chapter Colombo consecrated Council Damila death Devanampiya-Tissa Dhamma Dipavamsa Dutthagamani dynasty earth edicts Elara elephant established Extended Mahavamsa Faith foll Gamani Geiger renders Geiger translates George Turnour gods hundred Ibid island Kalinga Kandula king king's literature Lohapasada lord Mahasena Mahavamsa Mahavihara Mahinda Malalasekera meaning Mendis mentioned ministers Moggaliputta-Tissa monastery monks Mutasiva Naga Nicholas Pāli Pali Chronicles Pandukabhaya Paranavitana pious prince records reference reign relics religious Rhys Davids rock inscription Rohana royal samanera Sangha Sanghamitta scholars Sinhala Sinhalese sources South India Sri Lanka thera thera Mahinda thousand throne thupa Thuparama Ţika Tika explains tion Tissa took Turnour UCHC Uttiya Vamsatthappakasini Vasabha verse vihara Vijaya warriors word Yakkhas yojanas