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Mahavanso

(Pali)

Also: • Mahāvaṃsa _IAST •

(V в.)

A Buddhist historical work written by Bhikshu Mohânâma, the uncle of King Dhatusma. An authority on the history of Buddhism and its spread in the island of Ceylon (TG).

Zirkoff lists Wilhelm Geiger’s Roman-script edition for the Pali Text Society (1908) and the translation by Geiger and Mabel Bode (1912). (BCW 5:365).

De Zirkoff lists Wilhelm Geiger’s Romanized text (1908) and the English translation by Geiger and Mabel Bode (1912), both published for the Pali Text Society. (BCW 6:425).

Some links:

• Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky, Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Махавамса

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