Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Tissa ( son of 1 ) 3 Gothabhaya ( son of 2 ) 4 Kakavanna - Tissa ( son of 3 ) But the epigraphical sources do not corroborate this information . The Kusalankanda inscription ( No. 389 ) Batticaloa District gives the following genealogy ...
... Tissa ( son of 1 ) 3 Gothabhaya ( son of 2 ) 4 Kakavanna - Tissa ( son of 3 ) But the epigraphical sources do not corroborate this information . The Kusalankanda inscription ( No. 389 ) Batticaloa District gives the following genealogy ...
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... Tissa ' . With reference to his son Lanjika - Tissa , who is one of the very few kings that can be identified from early Brahmi cave inscriptions without any doubt whatsover , Saddha - Tissa is mentioned in several inscriptions as ...
... Tissa ' . With reference to his son Lanjika - Tissa , who is one of the very few kings that can be identified from early Brahmi cave inscriptions without any doubt whatsover , Saddha - Tissa is mentioned in several inscriptions as ...
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... Tissa , a leading thera of Abhayagiri , broke away from this monastery with three hundred followers , quite possibly as Walpola Rahula suggests " to avoid the unpleasant consequences of a situation " 302 which the first appearance of ...
... Tissa , a leading thera of Abhayagiri , broke away from this monastery with three hundred followers , quite possibly as Walpola Rahula suggests " to avoid the unpleasant consequences of a situation " 302 which the first appearance of ...
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