Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... scholars throughout the world . Most of them have been translated into English and several other European languages . But most of this invaluable work was undertaken nearly a century ago by foreign scholars who had enormous difficulties ...
... scholars throughout the world . Most of them have been translated into English and several other European languages . But most of this invaluable work was undertaken nearly a century ago by foreign scholars who had enormous difficulties ...
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... Scholars . Even a cursory glance of a comprehensive bibliography on Sri Lankan Chronicles would show that for over a century from 1820s to 1930s more specialized and critical work ... scholars 407 B Mahāvamsa Studies by Sri Lankan Scholars.
... Scholars . Even a cursory glance of a comprehensive bibliography on Sri Lankan Chronicles would show that for over a century from 1820s to 1930s more specialized and critical work ... scholars 407 B Mahāvamsa Studies by Sri Lankan Scholars.
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... scholars in the Pali Chronicles in the 1950s is further exemplified by Kiriella Nanavimala Thera's edition of the Dipavamsa with a Sinhala translation35 and Gunapala Weerasekera's translation of the Mahāvamsa with its continuations up ...
... scholars in the Pali Chronicles in the 1950s is further exemplified by Kiriella Nanavimala Thera's edition of the Dipavamsa with a Sinhala translation35 and Gunapala Weerasekera's translation of the Mahāvamsa with its continuations up ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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