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Page 106
... built for the thera in the Tissa - garden and had the clay dried quickly with fire . As a result the mansion was black in colour . Therefore it got the desig- nation " Kālapāsāda - pariveṇa " ( The Black - mansion Cell ) . Then he had ...
... built for the thera in the Tissa - garden and had the clay dried quickly with fire . As a result the mansion was black in colour . Therefore it got the desig- nation " Kālapāsāda - pariveṇa " ( The Black - mansion Cell ) . Then he had ...
Page 227
... built the monastery named Bhātika - tissa and also an Uposatha - hall at the beautiful Thūpārāma . The lord of the ... built and so , too , the great Parivena called Maṇisoma . There itself he built a cetiya - house and likewise one at ...
... built the monastery named Bhātika - tissa and also an Uposatha - hall at the beautiful Thūpārāma . The lord of the ... built and so , too , the great Parivena called Maṇisoma . There itself he built a cetiya - house and likewise one at ...
Page 239
... built three monasteries after destroying the deva - temples at Gokaņņa , Erakāvilla and the brahman - village of Kalanda . He founded the monasteries of Migagāma , Gangasenakapabbata and in the west , Dhatusenapabbata . The king also built ...
... built three monasteries after destroying the deva - temples at Gokaņņa , Erakāvilla and the brahman - village of Kalanda . He founded the monasteries of Migagāma , Gangasenakapabbata and in the west , Dhatusenapabbata . The king also built ...
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The Visit of the Tathāgata | 17 |
The Dynasty of Mahāsammata | 25 |
The First Council | 27 |
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