Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... regards Asoka and his successor might in all probability be conditioned by an understandable nationalistic bias . It is particularly remarkable that none had seriously questioned whether this Asoka could have been a king of Kashmir with ...
... regards Asoka and his successor might in all probability be conditioned by an understandable nationalistic bias . It is particularly remarkable that none had seriously questioned whether this Asoka could have been a king of Kashmir with ...
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... regards whatever good I notice , I desire that I may carry it out by deeds and accomplish it by proper means . And I ... regard to my own children , I desire that they may be provided with all kinds of welfare and happiness in this world ...
... regards whatever good I notice , I desire that I may carry it out by deeds and accomplish it by proper means . And I ... regard to my own children , I desire that they may be provided with all kinds of welfare and happiness in this world ...
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... regards the reliability of the various sources on Asóka . The least reliable are the records of the Chinese ... regards the central events , the Sanskrit Buddhist sources , Divyavadana as well as Asokāvadana ( Chinese version A - yu ...
... regards the reliability of the various sources on Asóka . The least reliable are the records of the Chinese ... regards the central events , the Sanskrit Buddhist sources , Divyavadana as well as Asokāvadana ( Chinese version A - yu ...
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