Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... story in the Buddhist Sanskrit work Divyavadana , inspired probably by Valahassa Jataka , which Hsuan Tsang records as one of the two accounts of the origin of the Sinhala kingdom in what was called Ratnadvipa , speaks of a race of ...
... story in the Buddhist Sanskrit work Divyavadana , inspired probably by Valahassa Jataka , which Hsuan Tsang records as one of the two accounts of the origin of the Sinhala kingdom in what was called Ratnadvipa , speaks of a race of ...
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... story of Dutthagamaņi to a veritable epic of heroism , with strongly expressed sentiments such as the child Dutthagamani's assertion on territoral inadequacy on account of the presence of the Damilas in the north209 and the dubious ...
... story of Dutthagamaņi to a veritable epic of heroism , with strongly expressed sentiments such as the child Dutthagamani's assertion on territoral inadequacy on account of the presence of the Damilas in the north209 and the dubious ...
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... story of the Buddha by incorporating as much as possible of the growing Pali literature on his life as well as previous lives ( e.g. Buddhavamsa ) ; and ( ii ) to re - present in verse what was added to the story of Sri Lanka primarily ...
... story of the Buddha by incorporating as much as possible of the growing Pali literature on his life as well as previous lives ( e.g. Buddhavamsa ) ; and ( ii ) to re - present in verse what was added to the story of Sri Lanka primarily ...
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