Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... pious mind will never be attached to it like unto delicious food mixed with poison . When thus juxtaposed , the emerging message of these verses is that wealth and power - specifically kingship - are worthless by themselves unless ...
... pious mind will never be attached to it like unto delicious food mixed with poison . When thus juxtaposed , the emerging message of these verses is that wealth and power - specifically kingship - are worthless by themselves unless ...
Page 309
... Pious The prevailing custom in ancient Sri Lanka as regards succession to sovereignty did not consider a king's son as necessarily his heir apparent . The brothers had an equal if not a better claim to succession . But in the case of ...
... Pious The prevailing custom in ancient Sri Lanka as regards succession to sovereignty did not consider a king's son as necessarily his heir apparent . The brothers had an equal if not a better claim to succession . But in the case of ...
Page 496
... pious , came to be resplendent as the righteous isle . 81 Here ends the Visit to Kalyani . First Chapter , called " The Visit of the Tathagata " in the Mahavamsa , compiled for the Serene Joy and Emotion of the Pious . CHAPTER TWO 1-6 ...
... pious , came to be resplendent as the righteous isle . 81 Here ends the Visit to Kalyani . First Chapter , called " The Visit of the Tathagata " in the Mahavamsa , compiled for the Serene Joy and Emotion of the Pious . CHAPTER TWO 1-6 ...
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