Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Mahasena , does not figure in the Dipavamsa . In the account of the reign of Mahasena another distinctly clear divergence is to be noted in the two chronicles . The Mahavamsa goes into fifty verses as opposed to the ten verses of the ...
... Mahasena , does not figure in the Dipavamsa . In the account of the reign of Mahasena another distinctly clear divergence is to be noted in the two chronicles . The Mahavamsa goes into fifty verses as opposed to the ten verses of the ...
Page 387
... Mahasena have hitherto come to light or published . There is , of course , a fragmentary inscription from the premises of the Jetavanarama ( now in Colombo Museum ) 303 which is believed to be the edict issued by Mahasena against the ...
... Mahasena have hitherto come to light or published . There is , of course , a fragmentary inscription from the premises of the Jetavanarama ( now in Colombo Museum ) 303 which is believed to be the edict issued by Mahasena against the ...
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... Mahasena with the following statement : - " It should be known that there were sixty - three crowned kings in the " Great Dynasty " , ( the Mahavamsa ) commencing with Vijaya and ending with Mahasena . It should also be known that up to ...
... Mahasena with the following statement : - " It should be known that there were sixty - three crowned kings in the " Great Dynasty " , ( the Mahavamsa ) commencing with Vijaya and ending with Mahasena . It should also be known that up to ...
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