Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... arahants in Piyangudipa " knew his thought they sent eight arahants to comfort the king . And they , coming in the middle watch of the night , alighted at the palace - gate . making known that they were come thither through the air they ...
... arahants in Piyangudipa " knew his thought they sent eight arahants to comfort the king . And they , coming in the middle watch of the night , alighted at the palace - gate . making known that they were come thither through the air they ...
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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 ... Arahants wrought the miracle called the unveiling of the world . He saw on all directions Jambudipa , bounded by the ...
... Arahant recluses . There were ninety hundred thousands of bhikk- hunis and of them a thousand were Arahants . 137 ... Arahants wrought the miracle called the unveiling of the world . He saw on all directions Jambudipa , bounded by the ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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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 Geiger renders Geiger translates George Turnour gods Gothabhaya hundred Ibid island king king's kṣatriya literature 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 ruler samanera Sangha Sanghamitta says scholars Sinhala Sinhalese sources South India Sri Lanka thera Thera Mahinda theri thousand throne thupa Thuparama Tika explains tion Tissa took Turnour UCHC Uttiya Vamsatthappakasini Vasabha verse vihara Vijaya warriors word Yakkhas yojanas