Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... likewise of weavers , also of potters , of all guilds and likewise of nagas and yakkhas , * The giver of honours gave also eight vessels each in gold and silver . " The lord of the earth had the great Bodhi - tree brought aboard a ship ...
... likewise of weavers , also of potters , of all guilds and likewise of nagas and yakkhas , * The giver of honours gave also eight vessels each in gold and silver . " The lord of the earth had the great Bodhi - tree brought aboard a ship ...
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... likewise called Vessagiri.20 Those caves in the rocky monastery2 inhabited by the great thera Mahinda were called " Mahindaguha " ( Mahinda - caves ) 26 24 17-27 First , the Mahavihara ; second , what was called Cetiya ; 23 third , the ...
... likewise called Vessagiri.20 Those caves in the rocky monastery2 inhabited by the great thera Mahinda were called " Mahindaguha " ( Mahinda - caves ) 26 24 17-27 First , the Mahavihara ; second , what was called Cetiya ; 23 third , the ...
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... likewise minium ; with water - lilies arranged in ankle - deep minimum , having dropped them in showers * on the compound of the cetiya ; with water - lilies arranged in the holes of matting laid over the whole of fragrant clay spread ...
... likewise minium ; with water - lilies arranged in ankle - deep minimum , having dropped them in showers * on the compound of the cetiya ; with water - lilies arranged in the holes of matting laid over the whole of fragrant clay spread ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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