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... Chronicle ) and the Maha : vansa ( The Great Chronicle ) . These chronicles are epics composed in Pali verses . Others are of the view that there were kings before Vijaya . The celebrated Indian epic , Rama : yana , which narrates the ...
... Chronicle ) and the Maha : vansa ( The Great Chronicle ) . These chronicles are epics composed in Pali verses . Others are of the view that there were kings before Vijaya . The celebrated Indian epic , Rama : yana , which narrates the ...
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... chronicle was evidently the production of an age when with the decline of oral tradition the same stories came to ... chronicles were based upon older materials . " In Ceylon there existed at the close of the fourth century AD , that ...
... chronicle was evidently the production of an age when with the decline of oral tradition the same stories came to ... chronicles were based upon older materials . " In Ceylon there existed at the close of the fourth century AD , that ...
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... chronicles of this type narrate the story of the Buddha's Sacred Tooth . This relic is considered more important than the others because of the belief that it could cause rain . The Pali text was called the ' Dha : ta : vansa ' . In ...
... chronicles of this type narrate the story of the Buddha's Sacred Tooth . This relic is considered more important than the others because of the belief that it could cause rain . The Pali text was called the ' Dha : ta : vansa ' . In ...
Contents
LANKA THE ISLAND KINGDOM | 13 |
MAHA RAJA THE GREAT KING | 22 |
THE KING AND GOOD GOVERNANCE | 32 |
Copyright | |
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Abhaya Adigar Akkhika Anura:dha-pura ascended the throne bhikkhus bo:dhi tree Bodhisatva brother Buddha Buddhist Buddhist king Buddhist monks built Burma called capital century ceremony Ceylon chronicles city of Anura:dha-pura Co:la Colombo Cu:lavansa Dalada De:va:nampiya Tissa Devaraja Dha:tu do:li epic Gamani Godakumbure harem higher ordination inscriptions island kingdom Ka:linga Kandy Kandyan kingdom Kassapa Kelani Vihara King Duttha King Parakkama king's Kirti Sri Raja known land Maha:vansa Mahinda Me:gha Mihintale ministers Mo:riya monks Na:ga Na:yakkar Nare:ndra Narendra Sinha Nayakkar Nissanka Malla ornaments palace Pali Pandu Para:krama Parakkama Bahu poem poet Polonnaruva Portuguese prince Prof queen consort ra:ja Ra:vana rain Rattha reign Ro:hana royal temple rule Sacred Tooth Saddha Sangha Sangha Bo:dhi Sanskrit says Se:na Silva Sinhala language Sinhalese Sinhalese kings South India Sri Lanka Sri Raja Sinha Sri Vijaya stupa Subha tanks The:ra Thu:pa Tissa Tooth Relic vahanse Vasabha verse Viha:ra Vijaya Raja Sinha Yakkhas පොත් පෙළ සිංහල