Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශ (Mahāvansha), Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena...
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contents of the Mahavamsa, the major Pali chronicle, written in the 6th century. The Sinhalese Buddhist national chronicle Mahavamsa ('Great Chronicle')...
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preserved in Pali-language texts, such as Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa, Vamsatthapakasini (a commentary on Mahavamsa), Buddhaghosha's commentary on the Vinaya, and...
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distinguished as they observe different cultural customs. According to the Mahavamsa, a Pali chronicle compiled by Buddhist monks of the Anuradhapura Maha...
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Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa, Vamsatthappakasini (also known as Mahvamsa Tika or "Mahavamsa commentary"), Samantapasadika, and the...
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Mahavamsa Part III is the title of a Sinhala language continuation of the Mahavamsa published in 1935 by Yagirala Pannananda, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk...
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roughly begins in the 3rd century BCE, based on Pali chronicles like the Mahavamsa, the Deepavamsa, and the Culavamsa. They describe the history of Sri Lanka...
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texts that provide information about his life (such as Ashokavadana and Mahavamsa) do not name his mother. The Asokavadanamala names her Subhadrangi, while...
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Dīpavaṃsa (section Relationship to the Mahavamsa)
and other sources around the 3rd to 4th century CE. Together with the Mahāvaṃsa, it is the source of many accounts of the ancient history of Sri Lanka...
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Naga people (Lanka) (section Mahavamsa)
India. There are references to Nagas in several ancient texts such as Mahavamsa, Manimekalai, Mahabharata and also in other Sanskrit and Pali literature...
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Tambapanni, based in modern day Sri Lanka. His reign was first mentioned in Mahāvaṃsa. He is said to have came to Sri Lanka with a seven hundred followers after...
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traditionally presented as being a just king even by the Sinhalese. The Mahavamsa states that he ruled 'with even justice toward friend and foe, on occasions...
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"the Mahavamsa mentality.". D. S. Senanayake, who would become Sri Lanka's first prime minister in 1947, reaffirmed in 1939 the common Mahavamsa-based...
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Lanka was known to travellers by a variety of names. According to the Mahāvaṃsa, the legendary Prince Vijaya named the island Tambapaṇṇĩ ("copper-red...
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in the traditional early chronicles of the island, the Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa) recounts the date of the establishment of the first Sinhalese Kingdom...
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In Wilhelm Geiger's rendering of the Mahavamsa Kavantissa is given as Kakavannatissa. Under that name the Mahavamsa mentions him twice. In chapter 15 Kavantissa...
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proliferating Buddhism throughout the Indian subcontinent. The Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa, Sri Lanka's two great religious chronicles, contain accounts of Mahinda...
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lit. 'Tuṭṭakāmiṉi') is also known in Pali as Duṭṭhagāmaṇī Abhaya. The Mahavamsa describes how as a youth he mocked his father Kavantissa, king of Ruhuna...
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දසමහා යෝධයෝ, romanized: daśamaha yôdoyo). According to the chronicle Mahavamsa the men were drafted into Royal service during the reign of Dutugemunu's...
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ISBN 9780511707353, retrieved 2 November 2018 "THE MAHAVAMSA » 29: Beginning of the Great Thupa". mahavamsa.org. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2018-11-02. Richardson...
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until his death. Records by Faxian thero[clarification needed] and the Mahavamsa suggests it may have extended to Maldives and parts of India as well....
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was the maternal uncle and father-in-law of the Buddha according to the Mahavamsa genealogy and the Theravada commentarial tradition. He was also known...
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Vidya Bhavan, ISBN 81-7276-413-8, p.286 Geiger, Wilhelm (tr.) (1912). "Mahavamsa, Chapter II". Ceylon Government Information Dept., Colombo (in lakdvia...
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Mahavamsa, which is generally dated between fifth and sixth centuries CE. Vamsatthappakasini (also known as Mahvamsa Tika), a commentary on Mahavamsa...
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be ordained as a bikkhuni. The primary source for Anula's reign is the Mahavamsa, chapters 34 and 35. Queen Anula is known to have lived during the 1st...
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the Sinhalese people and Sinhalese Buddhist ancient texts. According to Mahavamsa, the king of Vanga (historic Bengal region) married the daughter of the...
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Ramagrama stupa (section According to sources such as Mahavamsa, the relics of Ramagrama Sthupa were received in Sri Lanka)
planned to construct throughout the Maurya Empire). According to legend and Mahavamsa, the Nagas was guarding the Ramagrama stupa, and prevented Ashoka from...
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Bhagavata Purana (Canto 9, Chapter 1), The Buddhist text, Buddhavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa (II, 1–24) traces the origin of the Shakyas to king Okkaka (Pali equivalent...
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and contains less information than the Mahavamsa and was probably compiled using the Atthakatha on the Mahavamsa as well. A companion volume, the Culavamsa...
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