Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... important service to be rendered is to make all the research on our history and culture accessible to the people through our national languages . I commend this task as worthy of the urgent attention of our growing galaxy of savants ...
... important service to be rendered is to make all the research on our history and culture accessible to the people through our national languages . I commend this task as worthy of the urgent attention of our growing galaxy of savants ...
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... important historical personages such as the three Mauryan emperors , Elara , Dutthagamani - Abhaya , his son Sali and Kalyanai - Tissa ; ( 4 ) It records events and facts which are either omitted altogether or inadequately covered in ...
... important historical personages such as the three Mauryan emperors , Elara , Dutthagamani - Abhaya , his son Sali and Kalyanai - Tissa ; ( 4 ) It records events and facts which are either omitted altogether or inadequately covered in ...
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... important among them are as follows : - ( 1 ) By Bishop R. S. Copleston in an address to the Royal Asiatic Society ( Ceylon Branch ) published in JCBRAS XII No.43 , 1892 - pp.161-172 . " It is one of the peculiar distinctions of the ...
... important among them are as follows : - ( 1 ) By Bishop R. S. Copleston in an address to the Royal Asiatic Society ( Ceylon Branch ) published in JCBRAS XII No.43 , 1892 - pp.161-172 . " It is one of the peculiar distinctions of the ...
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