Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... reference to his main source , which was the Sihala - tthakatha - Mahāvamsa or Aṭṭhakathā - Mahāvamsa ” 212 Three expressions in the proem of the Mahavamsa militate against this statement : ( a ) porāṇehi kato ( plural : ancients ) ...
... reference to his main source , which was the Sihala - tthakatha - Mahāvamsa or Aṭṭhakathā - Mahāvamsa ” 212 Three expressions in the proem of the Mahavamsa militate against this statement : ( a ) porāṇehi kato ( plural : ancients ) ...
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... references to the Samyutta Nikaya , the Jatakas , the Anguttara Nikaya , Visuddhimagga and the commentaries to Dhammapada ... reference to more than twenty inestimable objects which were deposited by the king in the relic chamber . The ...
... references to the Samyutta Nikaya , the Jatakas , the Anguttara Nikaya , Visuddhimagga and the commentaries to Dhammapada ... reference to more than twenty inestimable objects which were deposited by the king in the relic chamber . The ...
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... reference to their previous lives when they had performed good deeds to earn their strength in the present lives . Much confusion exists , however , as to who was who in the previous lives when the various accounts are compared with ...
... reference to their previous lives when they had performed good deeds to earn their strength in the present lives . Much confusion exists , however , as to who was who in the previous lives when the various accounts are compared with ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
Copyright | |
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