Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... cetiya bricks enough for each day . 17-20 Having heard this , the king , being pleased , began work on the cetiya . He had it announced , " No work should be done here without wages . " At each gate , he arranged to be placed sixteen ...
... cetiya bricks enough for each day . 17-20 Having heard this , the king , being pleased , began work on the cetiya . He had it announced , " No work should be done here without wages . " At each gate , he arranged to be placed sixteen ...
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... cetiya daubed with minium to the thickness of eight finger - breadths and made it likewise into a heap of flowers . Again , he had the cetiya strewn with flowers from the stairway " to the top of the chatta and covered it with a mass of ...
... cetiya daubed with minium to the thickness of eight finger - breadths and made it likewise into a heap of flowers . Again , he had the cetiya strewn with flowers from the stairway " to the top of the chatta and covered it with a mass of ...
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... cetiya ( Skt . caitya ; Sinhala Säya ) , originally the most general term for ' sanctuary ' - a tree , too , can be a cetiya - is used in the Mah . mostly as a synonym for thupa . Cf. , for instance , Mahācetiya or Mahathupa as the name ...
... cetiya ( Skt . caitya ; Sinhala Säya ) , originally the most general term for ' sanctuary ' - a tree , too , can be a cetiya - is used in the Mah . mostly as a synonym for thupa . Cf. , for instance , Mahācetiya or Mahathupa as the name ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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