Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Arahants " , converged in Ahoganga . The bhikkhus who assembled there from here and there were in all ninety - thousand . They all conferred together and , knowing that the erudite Arahant Revata of Soreyya22 was the chief among them at ...
... Arahants " , converged in Ahoganga . The bhikkhus who assembled there from here and there were in all ninety - thousand . They all conferred together and , knowing that the erudite Arahant Revata of Soreyya22 was the chief among them at ...
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... Arahant recluses . There were ninety hundred thousands of bhikk- hunis and of them a thousand were Arahants . 137 188-190 So as to please138 king Asoka the Righteous - he was known earlier as Asoka the wicked due to his evil deeds and ...
... Arahant recluses . There were ninety hundred thousands of bhikk- hunis and of them a thousand were Arahants . 137 188-190 So as to please138 king Asoka the Righteous - he was known earlier as Asoka the wicked due to his evil deeds and ...
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... arahant . 11. * BHIKKHU , BHIKKHUŅĪ , mendicant monk , nun . Member of the Buddhist order . 12. AṬṬHAKATHA , Commentary , exegetical literature in Pâli , which was originally in Sinhala . 13. BODHI , the state of enlightenment : i.e. ...
... arahant . 11. * BHIKKHU , BHIKKHUŅĪ , mendicant monk , nun . Member of the Buddhist order . 12. AṬṬHAKATHA , Commentary , exegetical literature in Pâli , which was originally in Sinhala . 13. BODHI , the state of enlightenment : i.e. ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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