The Dīpavaṃsa (दीपवंस, Pali: [diːpɐˈʋɐ̃sɐ], "Chronicle of the Island") is the oldest historical record of Sri Lanka. The chronicle is believed to be compiled...
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Dīpavaṃsa chronicle lauds the Theravāda as a "great banyan" and dismissively portrays the other early Buddhist schools as thorns (kaṇṭaka). Dīpavaṃsa...
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ching. the Sri Lankan tradition preserved in Pali-language texts, such as Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa, Vamsatthapakasini (a commentary on Mahavamsa), Buddhaghosha's...
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approximately 189 monarchs of Sri Lanka described in chronicles such as the Dipavamsa, Mahāvaṃsa, Cūḷavaṃsa, and Rājāvaliya. Once Prakrit speakers had attained...
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Chandragupta, and the son of Bindusara, was at the time Governor of Ujjayani." — Dīpavaṃsa. It was then supposed that this Priyadasi, being a Mauryan, was probably...
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include Divyavadana (including Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa, Vamsatthappakasini (also known as Mahvamsa Tika or "Mahavamsa...
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(1992). The Dictionary of Modern Medicine. Geiger, Wilhelm (1908). The Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa and their historical development in Ceylon. Translated by...
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commentaries written in Sinhala.[page needed] An earlier document known as the Dipavamsa (4th century CE) "Chronicles of the Island" is much simpler and contains...
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not accepted as canonical by the Mahāsāṃghika school. The Theravādin Dīpavaṃsa, for example, records that the Mahāsāṃghikas had no abhidharma. However...
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the Mahāvibhāṣa were called Vaibhāṣikas. According to the Theravādin Dīpavaṃsa, the Sarvāstivādins emerged from the older Mahīśāsaka school, but the...
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translated into English by Dārāb Dastur Peshotan Sanjānā, Leipzig 1897. The Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa and their historical development in Ceylon, translated into...
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the yakshinis who waylaid travellers in the forest. According to the Dipavamsa, one of Taxila's early kings was a Kshatriya named Dipankara who was succeeded...
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Latin: see Late Latin Distichs of Cato Hebrew: Mishnah Pali (Sri Lanka): Dīpavaṃsa Latin: see Late Latin Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, On Christian Doctrine...
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period, particularly in the realm of literature, as exemplified by the Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa chronicles, both written in Pali verse. Following the Anuradhapura...
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Mahāvaṃsa.[full citation needed] He is attested by the Buddhist texts such as Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa ("Bindusaro"); the Jain texts such as Parishishta-Parvan;...
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role in proliferating Buddhism throughout the Indian subcontinent. The Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa, Sri Lanka's two great religious chronicles, contain...
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Gajabahu's invasion of Chola Beminitiya Seya Relic of the tooth of the Buddha Dipavamsa The Six Dravidians Middle period (463–691) Mahavamsa Sigiriya Late period...
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other works of Pāli literature such as historical chronicles (like the Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa), hagiographies, poetry, Pāli grammars, and "sub-commentaries"...
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Buddhism Early schools Sthaviras Buddhist councils Vibhajjavada Mahāvihāra Dipavamsa Mahavamsa Pali Text Society Schools Buddhist modernism Vipassana movement...
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become separate monastic orders until later. Only two ancient sources (the Dīpavaṃsa and Bhavya's third list) place the first schism before Aśoka, and none...
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his reign is the Mahavamsa, which in turn is based on the more ancient Dipavamsa. Tissa was the second son of Mutasiva of Anuradhapura. The Mahavamsa describes...
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Pali-language Buddhist chronicles of Sri Lanka. It is not mentioned in Dipavamsa, the oldest of these chronicles. The earliest Buddhist source to mention...
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dated in fourth-century or after, including the Sri Lankan Pali texts Dipavamsa (Rajavamsa section), Mahavamsa, Mahavamsa tika and Mahabodhivamsa. 7th...
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Part of a series on the History of Sri Lanka Chronicles Dipavamsa Mahavamsa Cūḷavaṃsa Rajavaliya Pujavaliya Periods By Topic Agriculture Armed Forces...
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Gajabahu's invasion of Chola Beminitiya Seya Relic of the tooth of the Buddha Dipavamsa The Six Dravidians Middle period (463–691) Mahavamsa Sigiriya Late period...
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references to betel only start appearing after the Vedic period, in works like Dipavaṃsa (c. 3rd century CE) and Mahāvaṃsa (c. 5th century). Betel chewing only...
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community which gives rise to the Sinhalese people. The Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa identify the prince as Vijaya, and the other two legends have different...
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However, in 1837, George Turnour discovered Sri Lankan manuscripts (Dipavamsa, or "Island Chronicle" ) associating Piyadasi with Ashoka: "Two hundred...
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of Avanti was transferred from Ujjayani to Mahishmati temporarily. The Dipavamsa mentions a territory called Mahisa, describing it as Mahisa-ratta ("Mahisa...
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commentaries written in Sinhala.[page needed] An earlier document known as the Dipavamsa (4th century CE) "Island Chronicles" is much simpler and contains less...
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