Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... existence of several recensions by the time the Tika came to be written . Over a score of variant readings have been noted in the Tika . ( T.p.cv footnote 1 ) This presupposes not only copying the original text but also some attempts at ...
... existence of several recensions by the time the Tika came to be written . Over a score of variant readings have been noted in the Tika . ( T.p.cv footnote 1 ) This presupposes not only copying the original text but also some attempts at ...
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... existence of a general quarter for Yonas and this , too , several decades ( if not a whole century ) before the invasion of Alexander the Great . Could it be that the Greek and Ionian merchants had , already , begun their trade ...
... existence of a general quarter for Yonas and this , too , several decades ( if not a whole century ) before the invasion of Alexander the Great . Could it be that the Greek and Ionian merchants had , already , begun their trade ...
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... existence , wrong views and ignorance ) have been eliminated = Arahant . - AG ] - 58 [ Vinayādijināgama , Agama means scriptures or canon . The three piṭakas are meant here in that the first among them is stated to be Vinaya - AG ] 1 59 ...
... existence , wrong views and ignorance ) have been eliminated = Arahant . - AG ] - 58 [ Vinayādijināgama , Agama means scriptures or canon . The three piṭakas are meant here in that the first among them is stated to be Vinaya - AG ] 1 59 ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
Copyright | |
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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