Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... death . - Accesssion of Asoka to the Maurya throne : 218 years from the death of the Buddha ( or 219 Buddhist Era B.E ) - Consecration of Devanampiya - Tissa : 236 years from the death of the Buddha ( or 237 B.E. ) · Arrival of the ...
... death . - Accesssion of Asoka to the Maurya throne : 218 years from the death of the Buddha ( or 219 Buddhist Era B.E ) - Consecration of Devanampiya - Tissa : 236 years from the death of the Buddha ( or 237 B.E. ) · Arrival of the ...
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... death . This seems to be a biassed account . Besides , there are the round numbers for the length of the single reigns which have in themselves the appearance of a set scheme and involve , moreover , a positive impossibility in respect ...
... death . This seems to be a biassed account . Besides , there are the round numbers for the length of the single reigns which have in themselves the appearance of a set scheme and involve , moreover , a positive impossibility in respect ...
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... death ( 483 B.C. ) he had completed forty - four years from his upasampada . So we should have for this last the date 527 B.C. Buddha's death , according to tradition , coincides in time with the coming of Vijaya to Ceylon and with the ...
... death ( 483 B.C. ) he had completed forty - four years from his upasampada . So we should have for this last the date 527 B.C. Buddha's death , according to tradition , coincides in time with the coming of Vijaya to Ceylon and with the ...
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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