- The
Dīpavaṃsa (Sanskrit: दीपवंस, Pali: [diːpɐˈʋɐ̃sɐ], "Chronicle of the Island") is the
oldest historical record of Sri Lanka. The
chronicle is believed...
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George Turnour discovered a
Siamese version of the Sri
Lankan m****cript
Dipavamsa, or "Island Chronicle", ****ociating
Piyadasi with the
early Maurya dynasty:...
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include Divyavadana (including
Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana),
Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa,
Vamsatthappakasini (also
known as
Mahvamsa Tika or "Mahavamsa...
- ching. the Sri
Lankan tradition preserved in Pali-language texts, such as
Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa,
Vamsatthapakasini (a
commentary on Mahavamsa), Buddhaghosha's...
- However, in 1837,
George Turnour discovered Sri
Lankan m****cripts (
Dipavamsa, or "Island Chronicle" ) ****ociating
Piyadasi with Ashoka: "Two hundred...
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commentaries written in Sinhala.[page needed] An
earlier do****ent
known as the
Dipavamsa (4th
century CE) "Chronicles of the Island" is much
simpler and contains...
- 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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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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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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community which gives rise to the
Sinhalese people. The
Mahavamsa and
Dipavamsa identify the
prince as Vijaya, and the
other two
legends have different...
