Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... early ( or , as some scholars prefer to call , ' the primitive ' ) form of Buddhism which came to Sri Lanka was founded on the remembered teachings , actions and experiences of a historical person - an individual who was considered ...
... early ( or , as some scholars prefer to call , ' the primitive ' ) form of Buddhism which came to Sri Lanka was founded on the remembered teachings , actions and experiences of a historical person - an individual who was considered ...
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... early religious institutions did cover practically the entire country . Paranavitana's analysis of the sites of early Brahmi inscriptions shows that they are absent only in five Districts , namely Kalutara , Galle , Matara , Mannar and ...
... early religious institutions did cover practically the entire country . Paranavitana's analysis of the sites of early Brahmi inscriptions shows that they are absent only in five Districts , namely Kalutara , Galle , Matara , Mannar and ...
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... earliest known epigraphical record of Damilas 28 The accounts of the Pali Chronicles of the earliest Tamils , to be mentioned therein , as traders and invaders are borne out by four early Brahmi inscriptions which provide very important ...
... earliest known epigraphical record of Damilas 28 The accounts of the Pali Chronicles of the earliest Tamils , to be mentioned therein , as traders and invaders are borne out by four early Brahmi inscriptions which provide very important ...
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