Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Dharma " applies to the propagation of popular Buddhism through both administrative mechanisms ( which the edicts ... Dharma . In his own words , the following were the steps he had taken : " This thought occurred to me : " I will cause ...
... Dharma " applies to the propagation of popular Buddhism through both administrative mechanisms ( which the edicts ... Dharma . In his own words , the following were the steps he had taken : " This thought occurred to me : " I will cause ...
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... Dharma and the practice of Dharma which consists of compassion , liberality , truthfulness , purity , gentleness and goodness will thus be promoted among men . " Whatever good deeds I have performed , those the people have imitated and ...
... Dharma and the practice of Dharma which consists of compassion , liberality , truthfulness , purity , gentleness and goodness will thus be promoted among men . " Whatever good deeds I have performed , those the people have imitated and ...
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... Dharma - Mahāmātras thirteen years after coronation , speaks of the propagation of Dharma in territories of the western frontiers of Asoka's empire : " In the ages gone by , there were no officers called Dharma- Mahamatras . So I ...
... Dharma - Mahāmātras thirteen years after coronation , speaks of the propagation of Dharma in territories of the western frontiers of Asoka's empire : " In the ages gone by , there were no officers called Dharma- Mahamatras . So I ...
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