Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... JCBRAS xxxvi , no . 98-1945 . pp . 58-66 . Geiger : Op . Cit . p . 2 . " Geiger's Introduction Section 1 Winternitz : A History of Indian Literature , Vol . II . Banarsidas , Delhi , Revised Edition , 1983 pp . 203-204 . In contrast to ...
... JCBRAS xxxvi , no . 98-1945 . pp . 58-66 . Geiger : Op . Cit . p . 2 . " Geiger's Introduction Section 1 Winternitz : A History of Indian Literature , Vol . II . Banarsidas , Delhi , Revised Edition , 1983 pp . 203-204 . In contrast to ...
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... JCBRAS , VI Sp . No. p . 40 ] 37 [ Rasmi , from Skt . ramsi . Geiger mistranslates as ' noose ' . - AG ] 38 [ Another reference to the belief that yakkhas possessed supernor- mal powers , one of them being the ability to become ...
... JCBRAS , VI Sp . No. p . 40 ] 37 [ Rasmi , from Skt . ramsi . Geiger mistranslates as ' noose ' . - AG ] 38 [ Another reference to the belief that yakkhas possessed supernor- mal powers , one of them being the ability to become ...
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... JCBRAS , VI Sp . No. p . 172. - AG ] 53 [ Ayyaka , the Tika explains that Anuradha was Pandukabhaya's grand - uncle as the former was the brother the latter's maternal grand - father and the uncle of the latter's mother . T. p . 293 ...
... JCBRAS , VI Sp . No. p . 172. - AG ] 53 [ Ayyaka , the Tika explains that Anuradha was Pandukabhaya's grand - uncle as the former was the brother the latter's maternal grand - father and the uncle of the latter's mother . T. p . 293 ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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