Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... question which could be raised when the information in the fourteen inscriptions Nos . 556 to 559 at Koṭṭadämuhela in Magam Pattu of Hambantota District is analysed . Here we come across a princess named Savera . The genealogies of this ...
... question which could be raised when the information in the fourteen inscriptions Nos . 556 to 559 at Koṭṭadämuhela in Magam Pattu of Hambantota District is analysed . Here we come across a princess named Savera . The genealogies of this ...
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... question comes to mind as he ruled for barely three years . Kanirajānu - Tissa's involvement in judging a case relating to the Uposatha - hall of Cetiyapabbata - monastery has been cited by Walpola Rahula as an instance where the king ...
... question comes to mind as he ruled for barely three years . Kanirajānu - Tissa's involvement in judging a case relating to the Uposatha - hall of Cetiyapabbata - monastery has been cited by Walpola Rahula as an instance where the king ...
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... question which confronts us is : Why did the Mahavamsa fail to record the most important factor to underscore the legitimacy of Sirinaga's kingship namely , that he was a son of the king Bhatika - Tissa ? If Sirinaga was really Bhatika ...
... question which confronts us is : Why did the Mahavamsa fail to record the most important factor to underscore the legitimacy of Sirinaga's kingship namely , that he was a son of the king Bhatika - Tissa ? If Sirinaga was really Bhatika ...
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