Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Literary Development . Even as a mass of raw materials was being accumulated in the from of legends and folktales , ballads and narratives on heroes and their heroic deeds , edifying stories of piety and miracles , historical introduc ...
... Literary Development . Even as a mass of raw materials was being accumulated in the from of legends and folktales , ballads and narratives on heroes and their heroic deeds , edifying stories of piety and miracles , historical introduc ...
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... literary objective ( as opposed to the didactic or religious objective which is borne out by the concluding verse of each chapter . ) , one sees no basis for Winternitz's assertion . Whatever be the criteria which persuaded the two ...
... literary objective ( as opposed to the didactic or religious objective which is borne out by the concluding verse of each chapter . ) , one sees no basis for Winternitz's assertion . Whatever be the criteria which persuaded the two ...
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... literary evidence of their growth and evolution over several millenia as the conglomeration of cultures and civilizations which rose and flourished in the fertile soil of the Indian sub - continent . The voluminous Vedic literature ...
... literary evidence of their growth and evolution over several millenia as the conglomeration of cultures and civilizations which rose and flourished in the fertile soil of the Indian sub - continent . The voluminous Vedic literature ...
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