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(ii) Discovery of the Pali Literature of Sri Lanka. George Turnour's work was
recognized also as a significant landmark in the discovery of the Pali literature of
Sri Lanka by the outside world. Maurice Winternitz in his comprehensive history
of ...
(ii) Discovery of the Pali Literature of Sri Lanka. George Turnour's work was
recognized also as a significant landmark in the discovery of the Pali literature of
Sri Lanka by the outside world. Maurice Winternitz in his comprehensive history
of ...
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What the Sangam literature portrays is a period of strife and war among kings
and chieftains, punctuated by intervals of peace when a powerful monarch held
sway over the whole region. The first among such strong kings was Karikālan the
...
What the Sangam literature portrays is a period of strife and war among kings
and chieftains, punctuated by intervals of peace when a powerful monarch held
sway over the whole region. The first among such strong kings was Karikālan the
...
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It is significant that all these works are Avadānas and that means they belong to a
class of pious literature glorifying deeds of selfsacrifice and piety of saints
whether religious or lay. The word avadana according to Maurice Winternitz
means a ...
It is significant that all these works are Avadānas and that means they belong to a
class of pious literature glorifying deeds of selfsacrifice and piety of saints
whether religious or lay. The word avadana according to Maurice Winternitz
means a ...
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Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Two Landmarks | 11 |
Trials and Gains of a Pioneer | 27 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
| Authors | Mahānāma, Ananda W. P. Guruge |
| Translated by | Ananda W. P. Guruge |
| Publisher | Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Feb 2007 |
| ISBN | 9559034022, 9789559034025 |
| Length | 1129 pages |
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