Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Sinhalese culture in the way it has become part of the culture of the Thai and the Khmer peoples , for example . The omission in the Sinhalese case is the more remarkable in that Sinhalese culture has appropriated Vishnu and not the ...
... Sinhalese culture in the way it has become part of the culture of the Thai and the Khmer peoples , for example . The omission in the Sinhalese case is the more remarkable in that Sinhalese culture has appropriated Vishnu and not the ...
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... Sinhalese nationalism out of the opposition to the Tamils , ” Ludowyk would have been fair if he also mentioned that the author of the Mahavamsa was objective enough to assess the reigns of Damila invaders not once but twice as “ just ...
... Sinhalese nationalism out of the opposition to the Tamils , ” Ludowyk would have been fair if he also mentioned that the author of the Mahavamsa was objective enough to assess the reigns of Damila invaders not once but twice as “ just ...
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... Sinhalese " possess no accurate record of events ; are ignorant of genuine history ; and are not sufficiently advanced to relish it . Instead of the one ... Sinhalese . The people of Ceylon in general and particularly the Sinhalese - are 404.
... Sinhalese " possess no accurate record of events ; are ignorant of genuine history ; and are not sufficiently advanced to relish it . Instead of the one ... Sinhalese . The people of Ceylon in general and particularly the Sinhalese - are 404.
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