Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Sinhala or based on earlier Sinhala models . 60 In Sinhala itself are available many works narrating the history of important Buddhist shrines and objects of worship ( e.g. Thūpavam- saya of Parakrama Pandita - shorty before 1260 ...
... Sinhala or based on earlier Sinhala models . 60 In Sinhala itself are available many works narrating the history of important Buddhist shrines and objects of worship ( e.g. Thūpavam- saya of Parakrama Pandita - shorty before 1260 ...
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... Sinhala Buddhist ideological commit- ment has found expression in a subtantial patriotic literature in Sinhala . Further it has been the prime motivational factor in the rise of religio - nationalistic forces whenever the cultural ...
... Sinhala Buddhist ideological commit- ment has found expression in a subtantial patriotic literature in Sinhala . Further it has been the prime motivational factor in the rise of religio - nationalistic forces whenever the cultural ...
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... Sinhala translation ( which follows the Tika ) has a different interpretation . Taking the term to mean medical treatment ( Skt . pratikarma ; Sinhala , piliyam ) , they state that Voharika - Tissa provided medical treatment to the ...
... Sinhala translation ( which follows the Tika ) has a different interpretation . Taking the term to mean medical treatment ( Skt . pratikarma ; Sinhala , piliyam ) , they state that Voharika - Tissa provided medical treatment to the ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
Copyright | |
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