Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... cetiya bricks enough for each day . 17-20 Having heard this , the king , being pleased , began work on the cetiya . He had it announced , " No work should be done here without wages . " At each gate , he arranged to be placed sixteen ...
... cetiya bricks enough for each day . 17-20 Having heard this , the king , being pleased , began work on the cetiya . He had it announced , " No work should be done here without wages . " At each gate , he arranged to be placed sixteen ...
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... cetiya covered with it . He got painters to do carefully a railing there and also rows of " full pitchers " and a row of five - finger ornament . ' He had likewise a chatta made of bamboo by basket - workers and also on the tee3 the sun ...
... cetiya covered with it . He got painters to do carefully a railing there and also rows of " full pitchers " and a row of five - finger ornament . ' He had likewise a chatta made of bamboo by basket - workers and also on the tee3 the sun ...
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... cetiya ( Skt . caitya ; Sinhala Saya ) , originally the most general term for ' sanctuary ' - a tree , too , can be a cetiya - is used in the Mah . mostly as a synonym for thupa . Cf. , for instance , Mahācetiya or Mahathupa as the name ...
... cetiya ( Skt . caitya ; Sinhala Saya ) , originally the most general term for ' sanctuary ' - a tree , too , can be a cetiya - is used in the Mah . mostly as a synonym for thupa . Cf. , for instance , Mahācetiya or Mahathupa as the name ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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