Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Tika here contains a narrative , taken from the Atthakatha of the finding of the boat ; cf. Dip . and Mah . , p . 37. The author of the Kamb . Mah . has versified and adopted it in his text . [ See T. pp . 438-439 . ] 41 The Tika explains ...
... Tika here contains a narrative , taken from the Atthakatha of the finding of the boat ; cf. Dip . and Mah . , p . 37. The author of the Kamb . Mah . has versified and adopted it in his text . [ See T. pp . 438-439 . ] 41 The Tika explains ...
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... Tika says clearly that it was Dighajantu who was Bhalluka's uncle ( matula ) . T. p . 485 -AG ] 60 The Tika adds to ... explains the word as meaning ' great ' . It could be another Sinhalism . -AG ] 69 [ Jayo no paramo deva , Geiger ...
... Tika says clearly that it was Dighajantu who was Bhalluka's uncle ( matula ) . T. p . 485 -AG ] 60 The Tika adds to ... explains the word as meaning ' great ' . It could be another Sinhalism . -AG ] 69 [ Jayo no paramo deva , Geiger ...
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... Tika explains as from Anuradhapura to Dighavapi . T. p . 609. See also Nicholas , Ibid . p . 26. - AG ] 12 [ Channam , Lit , ' a cover . ' Geiger renders as ' a covering of network ' on the basis of the Tika whose explanation he quotes ...
... Tika explains as from Anuradhapura to Dighavapi . T. p . 609. See also Nicholas , Ibid . p . 26. - AG ] 12 [ Channam , Lit , ' a cover . ' Geiger renders as ' a covering of network ' on the basis of the Tika whose explanation he quotes ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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