Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Thupa . With this began the king's major undertaking , the construction of the Hemamali thupa , known simply as the Mahathupa or the Great Thupa . The material for the Great Thupa came from different parts of the country : bricks from ...
... Thupa . With this began the king's major undertaking , the construction of the Hemamali thupa , known simply as the Mahathupa or the Great Thupa . The material for the Great Thupa came from different parts of the country : bricks from ...
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... thupa made . With cloth and paint , he made the thupa look as though it was completed . Dutthagamani was indeed pleased . He had himself laid on a bedding spread on the ground between the Great Thupa and the Lohapasada . While the ...
... thupa made . With cloth and paint , he made the thupa look as though it was completed . Dutthagamani was indeed pleased . He had himself laid on a bedding spread on the ground between the Great Thupa and the Lohapasada . While the ...
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... thūpa is described in such detail in reference to work at both the Great Thupa and Abhayagiri - thūpa as to enable one to trace the manner in which the early Indian model of the thūpa underwent changes which resulted in a distinctive ...
... thūpa is described in such detail in reference to work at both the Great Thupa and Abhayagiri - thūpa as to enable one to trace the manner in which the early Indian model of the thūpa underwent changes which resulted in a distinctive ...
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