Series DJG/4 - Translation of the Thūpavaṃsa

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GB 891 DJG-DJG/4

Title

Translation of the Thūpavaṃsa

Date(s)

  • 1830 - 1860 (Creation)

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5 files

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This series contains four manuscripts related to Gogerly's translation of the Thūpavaṃsa chronicle. The Thūpavamsa, composed by Parākama Pandita in thirteenth-century Sri Lanka, is an important example of a Buddhist chronicle written in the vernacularread more

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Language of material

  • English
  • pli
  • Sinhala

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