The Mahāvaṃsa, Or, The Great Chronicle of CeylonThis Book Brings The Great Historical Chronicle Of Sri Lanka In A English Translation For The First Time. |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION | ix |
CHAPTER | xxviii |
The Eleven Kings | xxxiv |
187 | lxi |
Abbreviations Ixiv | lxiv |
The Visit of the Tathāgata | 1 |
The Race of Mahāsammata | 10 |
The First Council | 14 |
The Entry into the Capital | 91 |
The Acceptance of the Mahāvihāra | 97 |
The Acceptance of the Cetiyapabbatavihāra | 114 |
The Arrival of the Relics | 116 |
The Receiving of the Great Bodhitree | 122 |
The Coming of the Bodhitree | 128 |
The Nibbāņa of the Thera | 135 |
The Five Kings | 142 |
The Second Council | 19 |
191 | 21 |
The Third Council | 26 |
The Coming of Vijaya | 51 |
The Consecrating of Vijaya | 55 |
The Consecrating of Paṇḍuvāsudeva | 62 |
The Consecrating of Abhaya | 65 |
The Consecrating of Paṇḍukābhaya | 68 |
The Consecrating of Devanampiyatissa | 77 |
The Converting of Different Countries | 82 |
The Coming of Mahinda | 88 |
The Birth of Prince Gāmaṇi | 146 |
The Levying of the Warriors | 155 |
The War of the Two Brothers | 164 |
The Victory of Duṭṭhagāmaṇi | 170 |
The Consecrating of the Maricavaṭṭivihāra | 181 |
The Consecrating of the Lohapāsāda | 182 |
King Mahasena | 267 |
A The Dynasty of Mahāsammata | 275 |
Campaigns of Paṇḍukābhaya and Duṭṭhagāmaṇi | 288 |
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