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... month , Maggasira ( October - November ) . Now since , according to Dip . 11.14 , the consecration of Tissa was later by a certain number of years - I shall discuss the passage further on - AND SIX MONTHS later - than the abhiseka of ...
... month , Maggasira ( October - November ) . Now since , according to Dip . 11.14 , the consecration of Tissa was later by a certain number of years - I shall discuss the passage further on - AND SIX MONTHS later - than the abhiseka of ...
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... month Jettha ( April - May ) . But a new Buddha - year had begun in the preceding month . Thus if Tissa's first consecration falls in the 237th year A.B. , then Mahinda's arrival falls in the 238th , that is , not 236 but 237 years had ...
... month Jettha ( April - May ) . But a new Buddha - year had begun in the preceding month . Thus if Tissa's first consecration falls in the 237th year A.B. , then Mahinda's arrival falls in the 238th , that is , not 236 but 237 years had ...
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... month , i.e. Savaṇa , the fifth month of the year . 3 This reckoning is based on the tradition according to which the Buddha died on the full - moon day of the month Vesakha . 4 Buddhaghosa and the Mah . agree with this statement . The ...
... month , i.e. Savaṇa , the fifth month of the year . 3 This reckoning is based on the tradition according to which the Buddha died on the full - moon day of the month Vesakha . 4 Buddhaghosa and the Mah . agree with this statement . The ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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