Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Vihara called Nagarangana in the east . Geiger has assumed this to be in the east of the city of Anuradhapura ... vihara in the south ; - - Hatthikkhanda and Gonnagirika vihāras in the east ; - Pacinapabbata vihara on Vanguttara ...
... Vihara called Nagarangana in the east . Geiger has assumed this to be in the east of the city of Anuradhapura ... vihara in the south ; - - Hatthikkhanda and Gonnagirika vihāras in the east ; - Pacinapabbata vihara on Vanguttara ...
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... vihara near Bakki - äla ) and made to this vihara generous grants : eg . a stretch of land whose boundary was demarcated by ploughing around it with a gold plough ; water shares of Maharaja - ala canal and Mahalavi , Maradagama and ...
... vihara near Bakki - äla ) and made to this vihara generous grants : eg . a stretch of land whose boundary was demarcated by ploughing around it with a gold plough ; water shares of Maharaja - ala canal and Mahalavi , Maradagama and ...
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... vihara ) ( LB1 Nos.25 and 26 ) . ( xiii ) Mahādāṭhika - Mahanaga is reported in Pali Chron- icles as having been ... vihara - his own monastery ; most probably the Maninagapabbata of M.34.89 present Ratravela or Sastravela vihara in ...
... vihara ) ( LB1 Nos.25 and 26 ) . ( xiii ) Mahādāṭhika - Mahanaga is reported in Pali Chron- icles as having been ... vihara - his own monastery ; most probably the Maninagapabbata of M.34.89 present Ratravela or Sastravela vihara in ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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