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The Mahavamsa ("Great Chronicle", Pali Mahāvaṃsa)(5th century CE) is a historical book written in Pali of the Kings of Sri Lanka. The first version of it covered the period from the coming of Prince Vijaya from India in 543 BCE to the reign of Mahasena of Anuradhapura (277-304).
The first printed edition and English translation of the Mahavamsa was published in 1837 by George Turnour, an historian and officer of the Ceylon Civil Service. A German translation of Mahavamsa was completed by Wilhelm Geiger in 1912. This was then translated into English by Mabel Haynes Bode, and revised by Geiger.
While not considered a canonical religious text, the Mahavamsa is an important text in Theravada Buddhism. It covers the early history of religion in Sri Lanka, beginning with the time of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. It also briefly recounts the history of Buddhism in India, from the date of the Buddha's death to the 3rd Buddhist councils where the Dharma was reviewed. Every chapter of the Mahavamsa ends by stating that it is written for the "serene joy of the pious". From the emphasis of its point-of-view, it can be said/ to have been compiled to record the good deeds of the kings who were patrons of the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya.
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Sri Lanka (/sriːˈlɑːŋkə, -ˈlæŋkə/ or i/ʃriː-/;Sinhalese - ශ්රී ලංකාව, Tamil Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and known from the beginning of British colonial rule until 1972 as Ceylon (/sᵻˈlɒnˌ seɪ-ˌ siː-/), is an island country in South Asia near south-east India.
Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest. Its documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. Its geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road through to World War II.
A diverse and multicultural country, Sri Lanka is home to many religions, ethnic groups, and languages. In addition to the majority Sinhalese, it is home to large groups of Sri Lankan and Indian Tamils, Moors, Burghers, Malays, Kaffirs and the aboriginal Vedda. Sri Lanka has a rich Buddhist heritage, and the first known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka, the Pāli Canon, dates back to the Fourth Buddhist council in 29 BC. The country's recent history has been marred by a thirty-year civil war which decisively ended when Sri Lankan military defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009.
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https://www.facebook.com/scsu.aslo Sri Lankan Cultural Night at St. Cloud State University, MN organized by the Ayubowan Sri Lanka Organization, on the 26th of October 2013. This year we tried a different approach for our event by taking you through the highlights of the Mahavansa, the great chronicles of Sri Lanka.
Copy of latest volume of Mahavansa presented to PM
Sinhabahu by Prof. Ediriweera Sarathchandra is considered unequivocally the best stage play up to now in the Sri Lankan theater. The story is created around young Sinhabahu, who was named after his strong arms as a lion. According to Mahavansa, Sinhabahu is the father of king Wijaya, the first sinhalese king. Sinhabahu's father was a lion and mother was a princess in Kalinga region, who fell in love with the lion and lived with him in the forest, giving up all the luxuries in the palace. When Sinhabahu grows and realizes that he is a prince, he decides to leave his father and go to the palace. When the lion found out that his family has left him, he goes in search for them and kills everyone who tries to stop him. To protect the civilians from the lion, Sinhabahu goes to fight his father....
Ravana Amazing Facts secrets And Truth in Hindi Ravana is the primary antagonist in the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana where he is depicted as Rakshasa (demon) the Great king of Lanka.Ramayana is considered by the Indian traditions to be the itihasa or the history along with Mahabharata. Ravana is the son of Vishrava and Kaikesi and grandson of Pulastya. Ravana, a devotee of Lord Shiva, is depicted and described as a great scholar, a capable ruler and a maestro of the veena (plucked stringed instrument). He is also described as extremely powerful and has ten heads. His paramount ambition was to overpower and dominate the devas. His ten heads represent his knowledge of the six shastras and the four Vedas. In the Ramayana, Ravana kidnaps Rama's wife Sita to exact vengeance on Rama and h...
Background on the Sri Lankan Pali language poem, the Mahavamsa. For an interactive version, visit http://intrepidphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/Videos/mahavamsa/mahavamsa.html
அமைச்சர் மனோ கணேசனுக்கும், பொதுபல சேனையின் செயலாளர் ஞானசார தேரருக்கும் இடையில் நேரடி வாதப்பிரதிவாதம் இந்நாட்டுக்கு சொந்தக்காரர் சிங்களவர்; ஏனையோர் வெளியார்; சிங்களவரின் நல்லெண்ணத்தால் நீங்கள் வாழ்கிறீர்கள்; இந்நாட்டு மொழி சிங்களம் மட்டுமே; எல்லோரும் சிங்களம் படிக்க வேண்டும்; ஞானசார தேரர் இது சிங்கள, தமிழ், முஸ்லிம் நாடு; சிங்களவரும் இந்தியாவிலிருந்து வந்தோர் என்றே மகாவம்சம் கூறுகிறது; சிங்களமும், தமிழும் ஆட்சி மொழிகள் என்பது அரசியலமைப்பு சட்டம்; அதை எவரும் மாற்ற முடியாது.மனோ கணேசன் இன்று காலை, இராஜகிரியவில் அமைந்துள்ள தேசிய சகவாழ்வு கலந்துரையாடல் மற்றும் அரச கரும மொழிகள் அமைச்சுக்கு தனது ஆதரவாளர்களுடன் நேரடியாக வந்த பொதுபல சேனையின் செயலாளர் ஞானசார தேரருக்கும், அமைச்சர் மனோ கணேசனுக்கும் இடையில் வாதப்பிரதிவாதங்கள் ஏற்பட்டன. பொதுபல சேனையின் செயலாளர் ஞானசார தேரர், கடந்த வாரம் கோரி...
Veddas ( වැද්දා ) are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka, an island in the Indian Ocean. They, amongst other self-identified native communities such as Coast Veddas and Anuradhapura Veddas, are accorded indigenous status. According to the genesis chronicle of the majority Sinhala people, the Mahavansha ("Great Chronicle"), written in the 5th century CE, the Pulindas believed to refer to Veddas are descended from Prince Vijaya (6th--5th century BCE), the founding father of the Sinhalese nation, through Kuveni, a woman of the indigenous Yakkha he married. The Mahavansa relates that following the repudiation of Kuveni by Vijaya, in favour of a Kshatriya-caste princess from Pandya, their two children, a boy and a girl, departed to the region of Sumanakuta (Adam's Peak in the Ratnapura District...
At 766 m above sea level, and 600 m above the surrounding plains, Ritigala is the highest mountain in northern Sri Lanka. The modern name Ritigala is derived from the ancient name Ariṭṭha Pabbata (Dreadful Mountain), mentioned in the Mahavamsa.
Atamasthana (අටමස්ථානය) or Eight sacred places are a series of locations in Sri Lanka where the Buddha had visited during his three visits to the country. The sacred places are known as Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya, Ruwanwelisaya, Thuparamaya, Lovamahapaya, Abhayagiri Dagaba, Jetavanarama, Mirisaveti Stupa and Lankarama. They are situated in Anuradhapura, the capital of the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom. The sacred city of Anuradhapura exerted a considerable influence on the development of architecture in the country during several centuries. The city is nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, it lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in island's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malvathu Oya. According to the Mahavansa the sacred city was found around 350...