Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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Page 175
... introduction to the Mahā Atthakatha in much the same way as the opening sections of the Mahakhandaka served as an historical introduction to the Khandhaka . We also hear of a similar document belonging to the Uttaravihara or Abhayagiri ...
... introduction to the Mahā Atthakatha in much the same way as the opening sections of the Mahakhandaka served as an historical introduction to the Khandhaka . We also hear of a similar document belonging to the Uttaravihara or Abhayagiri ...
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... Introduction , I accepted WICKREMASINGHE'S table -i.e. Chronological Table of Ceylon Kings in EZ III p . 4 ff . ) 2 See FLEET'S List , J.R.A.S. 1909 , p . 350. The particular aim of this Introduction obliges me , on my side , to draw up ...
... Introduction , I accepted WICKREMASINGHE'S table -i.e. Chronological Table of Ceylon Kings in EZ III p . 4 ff . ) 2 See FLEET'S List , J.R.A.S. 1909 , p . 350. The particular aim of this Introduction obliges me , on my side , to draw up ...
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... introduction of the narrative in the C.V. really should not be in agreement with the Sutta D.XVI , which I will only assume but without yielding the point , then the fact of the Council itself is not put aside . In that case the ...
... introduction of the narrative in the C.V. really should not be in agreement with the Sutta D.XVI , which I will only assume but without yielding the point , then the fact of the Council itself is not put aside . In that case the ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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Abhaya according Anula Anuradhapura Arahants Asoka Atthakatha bhikkhunis bhikkhus Bodhi-tree Brahman brother Buddha Buddhadatta Buddhist built called century ceremony cetiya Ceylon Chapter Colombo consecrated Council Damila death Devanampiya-Tissa Dhamma Dipavamsa Dutthagamani dynasty earth edicts Elara elephant established Extended Mahavamsa Faith foll Gamani Geiger renders Geiger translates George Turnour gods hundred Ibid island Kalinga Kandula king king's literature Lohapasada lord Mahasena Mahavamsa Mahavihara Mahinda Malalasekera meaning Mendis mentioned ministers Moggaliputta-Tissa monastery monks Mutasiva Naga Nicholas Pāli Pali Chronicles Pandukabhaya Paranavitana pious prince records reference reign relics religious Rhys Davids rock inscription Rohana royal samanera Sangha Sanghamitta scholars Sinhala Sinhalese sources South India Sri Lanka thera thera Mahinda thousand throne thupa Thuparama Ţika Tika explains tion Tissa took Turnour UCHC Uttiya Vamsatthappakasini Vasabha verse vihara Vijaya warriors word Yakkhas yojanas