Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... existence of several recensions by the time the Tika came to be written . Over a score of variant readings have been noted in the Ṭikā . ( T.p.cv footnote 1 ) This presupposes not only copying the original text but also some attempts at ...
... existence of several recensions by the time the Tika came to be written . Over a score of variant readings have been noted in the Ṭikā . ( T.p.cv footnote 1 ) This presupposes not only copying the original text but also some attempts at ...
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... existence are kāmabhava , rūpabhava , arúpab- hava , ' sensual existence , corporeal existence , formless existence ' ( Childers , P.D. s.vv. ) , that is , existences in the three worlds so named , which together form that part of the ...
... existence are kāmabhava , rūpabhava , arúpab- hava , ' sensual existence , corporeal existence , formless existence ' ( Childers , P.D. s.vv. ) , that is , existences in the three worlds so named , which together form that part of the ...
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... existence , wrong views and ignorance ) have been eliminated Arahant . - = AG ] 58 [ Vinayadijināgama , Agama means scriptures or canon . The three pitakas are meant here in that the first among them is stated to be Vinaya - AG ] 59 59 ...
... existence , wrong views and ignorance ) have been eliminated Arahant . - = AG ] 58 [ Vinayadijināgama , Agama means scriptures or canon . The three pitakas are meant here in that the first among them is stated to be Vinaya - AG ] 59 59 ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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