Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Thuparama is the centrepiece of the corresponding account in the Dipavamsa ( Chapter 15 ) . In fact , the stories which the Thera Mahinda is said to have narrated in the Mahavamsa to establish the sanctity of the site for the Geat Thupa ...
... Thuparama is the centrepiece of the corresponding account in the Dipavamsa ( Chapter 15 ) . In fact , the stories which the Thera Mahinda is said to have narrated in the Mahavamsa to establish the sanctity of the site for the Geat Thupa ...
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... Thuparama . Besides providing a stone mantle to the thupa of the Thuparama he also built a small thupa ( called Dighathupa in D.20.11 ) in front of it and a sitting hall for monks to which was given his name . Outside Anuradhapura , his ...
... Thuparama . Besides providing a stone mantle to the thupa of the Thuparama he also built a small thupa ( called Dighathupa in D.20.11 ) in front of it and a sitting hall for monks to which was given his name . Outside Anuradhapura , his ...
Page 969
... Thuparama - puratthato ) but to the south - east of the Thuparama , and it is twice as far from this latter as from the Ruwanweli - dagaba , so that orientation by the last - named , would be much more to the purpose . Smither ...
... Thuparama - puratthato ) but to the south - east of the Thuparama , and it is twice as far from this latter as from the Ruwanweli - dagaba , so that orientation by the last - named , would be much more to the purpose . Smither ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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