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It has been my effort to be stringently faithful to the sense of the original Pali . The
emphasis on readability and easy comprehension , however , necessitated the
long and convoluted sentences of the Pali original to be broken down into ...
It has been my effort to be stringently faithful to the sense of the original Pali . The
emphasis on readability and easy comprehension , however , necessitated the
long and convoluted sentences of the Pali original to be broken down into ...
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( See T.p.36 ] The name Pajjapadoruvamsa used by the Vamsatthappakāsini ,
laying stress on pajja , ' verse ' is an indication that the original source was in
prose unlike the sources of the Dipavamsa . The Porana verses common to both
...
( See T.p.36 ] The name Pajjapadoruvamsa used by the Vamsatthappakāsini ,
laying stress on pajja , ' verse ' is an indication that the original source was in
prose unlike the sources of the Dipavamsa . The Porana verses common to both
...
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by greater skill in the employment of the Pali language , by more artistic
composition and by a more liberal use of the material contained in the original
work . While the authorship of the Dip . is not known the author of the Mahāvamsa
is known ...
by greater skill in the employment of the Pali language , by more artistic
composition and by a more liberal use of the material contained in the original
work . While the authorship of the Dip . is not known the author of the Mahāvamsa
is known ...
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Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Turnour Wijesinha and Geiger | 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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