Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... taken with great pomp and ceremony to the capital where the Thuparama - cetiya was constructed to enshrine the right collar - bone relic . The miracles which had taken place when the relic was brought led to a significant increase in ...
... taken with great pomp and ceremony to the capital where the Thuparama - cetiya was constructed to enshrine the right collar - bone relic . The miracles which had taken place when the relic was brought led to a significant increase in ...
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... taken place there , possibly while the two brothers were engaged in their war of accession.263 It is interesting to note that once Anuradhapura was taken , the need did not exist for Dutthagamani to proceed further north . Either there ...
... taken place there , possibly while the two brothers were engaged in their war of accession.263 It is interesting to note that once Anuradhapura was taken , the need did not exist for Dutthagamani to proceed further north . Either there ...
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... taken as faith - inspired exaggerations , hattha , taken literally as the length of a hand , would give more acceptable dimensions to both the bowl and the sapling . - AG ] 22 Caturangini sena , consisting of foot - soldiers , cavalry ...
... taken as faith - inspired exaggerations , hattha , taken literally as the length of a hand , would give more acceptable dimensions to both the bowl and the sapling . - AG ] 22 Caturangini sena , consisting of foot - soldiers , cavalry ...
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