Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Thupa . With this began the king's major undertaking , the construction of the Hemamali thupa , known simply as the Mahathupa or the Great Thupa . The material for the Great Thupa came from different parts of the country : bricks from ...
... Thupa . With this began the king's major undertaking , the construction of the Hemamali thupa , known simply as the Mahathupa or the Great Thupa . The material for the Great Thupa came from different parts of the country : bricks from ...
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... thupa made . With cloth and paint , he made the thupa look as though it was completed . Dutthagamani was indeed pleased . He had himself laid on a bedding spread on the ground between the Great Thupa and the Lohapasada . While the ...
... thupa made . With cloth and paint , he made the thupa look as though it was completed . Dutthagamani was indeed pleased . He had himself laid on a bedding spread on the ground between the Great Thupa and the Lohapasada . While the ...
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... thupa . Two women , who had worked here itself for wages , were reborn in the Tavatimsa - heaven . When the Great Thupa was completed , they both having recalled their former action and seen its results , " came to pay homage to the Thupa ...
... thupa . Two women , who had worked here itself for wages , were reborn in the Tavatimsa - heaven . When the Great Thupa was completed , they both having recalled their former action and seen its results , " came to pay homage to the Thupa ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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