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Author Parākrama Paṇḍita, active 13th century.

Title The history of the Buddha's relic shrine : a translation of the Sinhala Thūpavaṃsa / Stephen C. Berkwitz
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages)
Series American Academy of Religion texts and translations series
American Academy of Religion texts and translations series.
Contents Introduction -- Career of the Bodhisattva -- Story of Prince Siddhartha -- Defeat of Mara -- Awakening of the Buddha -- Enshrining of the Relics -- Story of King Asoka -- Establishing the dispensation in Lanka -- Early career of King Dutugamunu -- Victory of King Dutugamunu -- Commencement of the Relic Shrine -- Description of the Relic Chamber -- Relic Deposit -- Death of King Dutugamunu
Summary Offering the complete English translation of the Buddhist chronicle called the 'Sinhala Thupavamsa', composed by Parākrama Paṇḍita in 13th century Sri Lanka, this work also relates the mythological history of the Buddhas previous lives as a bodhisattva and concludes with a prediction about the future Buddha Maitreya
Notes Translated from Sinhalese
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Gautama Buddha -- Relics -- Sri Lanka -- Anuradhapura -- History
SUBJECT Gautama Buddha fast
Subject Ruwanweliseya (Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka) -- History
SUBJECT Ruwanweliseya (Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka) fast
Subject Buddhism -- Sri Lanka -- History.
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Rituals & Practice.
Buddhism
Relics
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka -- Anuradhapura
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Berkwitz, Stephen C., 1969-
ISBN 9781435620056
1435620054
9780199785100
0199785104
Other Titles Sinhala Thūpavaṃsa. English