Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... atthakatha , etc. This briefly is the begining of the great Vamsakatha literature in Pali which has its roots deep down in the Sihala - atthakatha . 210 Jayawickrama has , of course , concentrated on the literary works which had emerged ...
... atthakatha , etc. This briefly is the begining of the great Vamsakatha literature in Pali which has its roots deep down in the Sihala - atthakatha . 210 Jayawickrama has , of course , concentrated on the literary works which had emerged ...
Page 178
... atthakatha- Mahavamsa . Several versions of this work in Sinhala had been in existence : at least one belonging to the Mahavihara and the other to the Uttaravihara or the Abhayagiri . This much we have more than enough convincing ...
... atthakatha- Mahavamsa . Several versions of this work in Sinhala had been in existence : at least one belonging to the Mahavihara and the other to the Uttaravihara or the Abhayagiri . This much we have more than enough convincing ...
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... Aṭṭhakatha , composed in Old - Sinhalese prose , probably mingled with verse in the Pali language . 2 This Atthakatha - Mahavamsa existed , as did the Atthakatha generally , in different monasteries of the island , in various recensions ...
... Aṭṭhakatha , composed in Old - Sinhalese prose , probably mingled with verse in the Pali language . 2 This Atthakatha - Mahavamsa existed , as did the Atthakatha generally , in different monasteries of the island , in various recensions ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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