Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... ksatriya , resided in Upatissagāma and administered the king- dom . ' From the death of the king Vijaya to the arrival of the kṣatriya , the island of Lanka was kingless for one year . 5-12 In that Sihapura , at the death of its king ...
... ksatriya , resided in Upatissagāma and administered the king- dom . ' From the death of the king Vijaya to the arrival of the kṣatriya , the island of Lanka was kingless for one year . 5-12 In that Sihapura , at the death of its king ...
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... kṣatriya was getting a field measuring a hundred thousand karisas " reaped.20 His beautiful daughter , the kṣatriya maiden , was named Pāli . She had mounted a splendid vehicle and , with a large retinue , was bringing rice for her ...
... kṣatriya was getting a field measuring a hundred thousand karisas " reaped.20 His beautiful daughter , the kṣatriya maiden , was named Pāli . She had mounted a splendid vehicle and , with a large retinue , was bringing rice for her ...
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... kṣatriya reig- ned there . His chief queen was named Viharadevi , the pious danghter of the pious king " of Kalyāṇi . " 12 13-14 The lord of men of Kalyāṇi was a kṣatriya by the name of Tissa who was angered by the alliance of his queen ...
... kṣatriya reig- ned there . His chief queen was named Viharadevi , the pious danghter of the pious king " of Kalyāṇi . " 12 13-14 The lord of men of Kalyāṇi was a kṣatriya by the name of Tissa who was angered by the alliance of his queen ...
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