Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Pali Chronicles had no need to record their existence . Viewed from this standpoint , the Pali Chronicles have to be considered as dealing with the history of the Sinhala kingdom rather than the history of the island of Sri Lanka . If ...
... Pali Chronicles had no need to record their existence . Viewed from this standpoint , the Pali Chronicles have to be considered as dealing with the history of the Sinhala kingdom rather than the history of the island of Sri Lanka . If ...
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... Pali Chronicles emphasize an important characteristic of Pandukab- haya's rule : that is , he had developed an amicable relationship with the Yakkhas . He is said to have reigned seventy years , having succeeded Abhaya after an ...
... Pali Chronicles emphasize an important characteristic of Pandukab- haya's rule : that is , he had developed an amicable relationship with the Yakkhas . He is said to have reigned seventy years , having succeeded Abhaya after an ...
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... Pali Chronicles . Thus Asoka and his Buddhist activities became the touchstones for evaluating the historicity of these works . But the more intensive researches during the last hundred years have shown that the Pāli sources acquit ...
... Pali Chronicles . Thus Asoka and his Buddhist activities became the touchstones for evaluating the historicity of these works . But the more intensive researches during the last hundred years have shown that the Pāli sources acquit ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
Copyright | |
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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