Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... inscriptions which refer to certain theras as specialist reciters of certain texts of the Tipitaka : Majhima - baṇ- aka ( Inscription Nos.330 , 852 and 708 ) ; Sayutaka- banaka ( No.666 ) ; Ekottarika - baṇaka ( No.407 ) ; Suttattapali ...
... inscriptions which refer to certain theras as specialist reciters of certain texts of the Tipitaka : Majhima - baṇ- aka ( Inscription Nos.330 , 852 and 708 ) ; Sayutaka- banaka ( No.666 ) ; Ekottarika - baṇaka ( No.407 ) ; Suttattapali ...
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... inscriptions , to be sea - faring merchants with Sanskrit names , Paranavitana says , " These inferences we have drawn from the contents of the inscriptions mention- ing Damedas are in accord with the conclusion arrived at from the ...
... inscriptions , to be sea - faring merchants with Sanskrit names , Paranavitana says , " These inferences we have drawn from the contents of the inscriptions mention- ing Damedas are in accord with the conclusion arrived at from the ...
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... inscription which records his donations to the monastery such tanks at Nitilavitiya Kubigamaka , Mahabati , Nabiliaviya . and Micataki294 In inscriptions Kanittha - Tissa is called Malu - Tisa- maharaji son of Naka - maharaja . The ...
... inscription which records his donations to the monastery such tanks at Nitilavitiya Kubigamaka , Mahabati , Nabiliaviya . and Micataki294 In inscriptions Kanittha - Tissa is called Malu - Tisa- maharaji son of Naka - maharaja . The ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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