Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... pious follower of the teaching of Buddha . The mention of Suskaletra and Vitastarta in par- ticular , as places where Asoka had erected Vihāras and Stupas , is significant as pointing to the survival in Kashmir of local traditions ...
... pious follower of the teaching of Buddha . The mention of Suskaletra and Vitastarta in par- ticular , as places where Asoka had erected Vihāras and Stupas , is significant as pointing to the survival in Kashmir of local traditions ...
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... Pious The prevailing custom in ancient Sri Lanka as regards succession to sovereignty did not consider a king's son as necessarily his heir apparent . The brothers had an equal if not a better claim to succession . But in the case of ...
... Pious The prevailing custom in ancient Sri Lanka as regards succession to sovereignty did not consider a king's son as necessarily his heir apparent . The brothers had an equal if not a better claim to succession . But in the case of ...
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... pious ' . - AG ] 3 [ Bhaddasāla , if the reference is to the thera Bhadda , who accompanied the thera Mahinda to Sri Lanka , the conjecture of Malalasekera as regards the contemporaneity of Mahasiva and Uttiya receives support ...
... pious ' . - AG ] 3 [ Bhaddasāla , if the reference is to the thera Bhadda , who accompanied the thera Mahinda to Sri Lanka , the conjecture of Malalasekera as regards the contemporaneity of Mahasiva and Uttiya receives support ...
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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