Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Buddha with the Buddha - to - be . This is a popular theme in later Sinhala literature . Cf. Sūvisi - vivaraṇa - AG ] 12 [ Buddhadatta and Mendis corrected Geiger's translation by adop- ting the direct speech for the statement in verse ...
... Buddha with the Buddha - to - be . This is a popular theme in later Sinhala literature . Cf. Sūvisi - vivaraṇa - AG ] 12 [ Buddhadatta and Mendis corrected Geiger's translation by adop- ting the direct speech for the statement in verse ...
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... Buddha's hearers ( Vibhanga 372 ) , by puthujjana the remaining multitude who still stand outside the way leading to perfection . [ Buddhadatta and Mendis translate puthijjana as ' worldlings ' in place of Geiger's translation : ' those ...
... Buddha's hearers ( Vibhanga 372 ) , by puthujjana the remaining multitude who still stand outside the way leading to perfection . [ Buddhadatta and Mendis translate puthijjana as ' worldlings ' in place of Geiger's translation : ' those ...
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... Buddhadatta and Mendis and amended the translation . See Buddhadatta , Corr . p . 28 - AG ] 43 That is , there , where he had sent the bhikkhus , i.e. to Dīghavapi . The sassakammāni are preparations for the campaign against the Damilas ...
... Buddhadatta and Mendis and amended the translation . See Buddhadatta , Corr . p . 28 - AG ] 43 That is , there , where he had sent the bhikkhus , i.e. to Dīghavapi . The sassakammāni are preparations for the campaign against the Damilas ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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