Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... chronicles , the Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa - by several scholars in the last quarter of the last century and the first decade of this . While some of those critics expressed the need to be cautious in using these chronicles as sources ...
... chronicles , the Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa - by several scholars in the last quarter of the last century and the first decade of this . While some of those critics expressed the need to be cautious in using these chronicles as sources ...
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... Chronicles . After these preliminary observations the Ceylonese Chronicles should now be judged particularly with respect to their value as HISTORICAL SOURCES , and the historical data drawn from them should be brought together . In ...
... Chronicles . After these preliminary observations the Ceylonese Chronicles should now be judged particularly with respect to their value as HISTORICAL SOURCES , and the historical data drawn from them should be brought together . In ...
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... chronicles can be utilized as of value for the period from Devanampiyatissa onwards or perhaps only for a yet later time . For the most ancient times , when the history of continental India is also to be taken into consideration , KERN ...
... chronicles can be utilized as of value for the period from Devanampiyatissa onwards or perhaps only for a yet later time . For the most ancient times , when the history of continental India is also to be taken into consideration , KERN ...
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