Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... become part of the culture of the Thai and the Khmer peoples , for example . The omission in the Sinhalese case is ... becomes intelligible when the purpose of the Pali chronicles is understood . For the chronicles provided ' in the form ...
... become part of the culture of the Thai and the Khmer peoples , for example . The omission in the Sinhalese case is ... becomes intelligible when the purpose of the Pali chronicles is understood . For the chronicles provided ' in the form ...
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... become an Arahant as a disciple of the Thera Assagutta of Vattaniyasen- asana is narrated in the Sinhala commentary on the Cūlasihanadsutta T.pp 192-193 ) . A similar tradition had been transmitted on Asoka . It starts with the account ...
... become an Arahant as a disciple of the Thera Assagutta of Vattaniyasen- asana is narrated in the Sinhala commentary on the Cūlasihanadsutta T.pp 192-193 ) . A similar tradition had been transmitted on Asoka . It starts with the account ...
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... become necessary to recon- cile the older tradition which placed the death of the Buddha in 483 BC and the later tradition which fixed it in 543 B.C. From these discrepancies , it becomes clear that the chronological structure prior to ...
... become necessary to recon- cile the older tradition which placed the death of the Buddha in 483 BC and the later tradition which fixed it in 543 B.C. From these discrepancies , it becomes clear that the chronological structure prior to ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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