Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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Page 183
... Ţika , following the Burmese example - hence its common use " . 219 If , on the other hand , the Vamsatthappakasini was actually called a Tika in the sense of a sub - commentary or an exegesis of a commen- tary , a more plausible reason ...
... Ţika , following the Burmese example - hence its common use " . 219 If , on the other hand , the Vamsatthappakasini was actually called a Tika in the sense of a sub - commentary or an exegesis of a commen- tary , a more plausible reason ...
Page 876
... Tika Elara's man - at - arms was named Nan- dasarathi , his horse was called Sirigutta , the horse stolen by Veļusumana is called Vaha . Ṭ.p. 441 . 45 [ The Tika gives the name of the place where Veļusumana ambushed the chief warrior of ...
... Tika Elara's man - at - arms was named Nan- dasarathi , his horse was called Sirigutta , the horse stolen by Veļusumana is called Vaha . Ṭ.p. 441 . 45 [ The Tika gives the name of the place where Veļusumana ambushed the chief warrior of ...
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... Tika explains as ' cakkayantehi ' , ' wheel - machines . ' T. p . 629. The author of the Tika seems , to have in mind a contraption like the ' Persian Wheel ' , which , however , had not survived in Sri Lanka . Even if it was such a ...
... Tika explains as ' cakkayantehi ' , ' wheel - machines . ' T. p . 629. The author of the Tika seems , to have in mind a contraption like the ' Persian Wheel ' , which , however , had not survived in Sri Lanka . Even if it was such a ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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