Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... means , here as well as elsewhere in these Chapters , women of the palace , kept to amuse the king with singing , dancing , & c . - artists . Makuța may mean a crown or a knot of dressed hair . Here it evidently means the latter . Mah ...
... means , here as well as elsewhere in these Chapters , women of the palace , kept to amuse the king with singing , dancing , & c . - artists . Makuța may mean a crown or a knot of dressed hair . Here it evidently means the latter . Mah ...
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... means the island of Lanka ' -AG ] 62 [ Idha , in this context , ' here ' means ' the city of Anuradhapura ' - AG ] 63 [ Mahatittha , modern Mantai , known to Ptolemy in the 2nd century as Modouttou . See also VII note 38. For a detailed ...
... means the island of Lanka ' -AG ] 62 [ Idha , in this context , ' here ' means ' the city of Anuradhapura ' - AG ] 63 [ Mahatittha , modern Mantai , known to Ptolemy in the 2nd century as Modouttou . See also VII note 38. For a detailed ...
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... mean simply two pieces of cloth which either a bhikkhu or a layman could have used . -AG ] 29 [ Gacchato puna , Lit. going again -AG ] 30 [ Ranno samdesam , Geiger mistranslates as ' the kings ' command " Sandesa ' means ' news ...
... mean simply two pieces of cloth which either a bhikkhu or a layman could have used . -AG ] 29 [ Gacchato puna , Lit. going again -AG ] 30 [ Ranno samdesam , Geiger mistranslates as ' the kings ' command " Sandesa ' means ' news ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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