Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... reign had been correctly albeit too briefly - recorded . The hesitant and even halting style of outlining the events of each reign is best noted in the part D. 18. 45-54 , in which seven reigns lasting 110 years were disposed of in nine ...
... reign had been correctly albeit too briefly - recorded . The hesitant and even halting style of outlining the events of each reign is best noted in the part D. 18. 45-54 , in which seven reigns lasting 110 years were disposed of in nine ...
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... reign of Dutthagamani- Abhaya , the main difficulty has been twofold : some reigns are either exaggerated beyond credible limits or are expressed in unconvincing round numbers ; and kings who could have been ruling different parts of ...
... reign of Dutthagamani- Abhaya , the main difficulty has been twofold : some reigns are either exaggerated beyond credible limits or are expressed in unconvincing round numbers ; and kings who could have been ruling different parts of ...
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... reign . Mutasiva must then have been past the prime of manhood when he succeeded to the throne . In spite of this a reign of sixty years is attributed to him . It seems to me that certain names and events in the tradition may indeed be ...
... reign . Mutasiva must then have been past the prime of manhood when he succeeded to the throne . In spite of this a reign of sixty years is attributed to him . It seems to me that certain names and events in the tradition may indeed be ...
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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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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