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Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The earliest attempt to write a Chronicle of the Sāsana and the Kings of Sri Lanka, from earliest times up to the 5th c. A.D. Includes both text and translation.

The earliest attempt to write a Chronicle of the Sāsana and the Kings of Sri Lanka, from earliest times up to the 5th c. A.D. Includes both text and translation.

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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />

Note about <strong>the</strong> Digital Edition<br />

Introduction<br />

I. Buddha’s subjection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Yakkhas<br />

II. The Conquering <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nāgas<br />

III. The Great Lineage <strong>of</strong> Kings<br />

IV. [The First Two Councils]<br />

V. The Schools <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Teachers<br />

VI. [Asoka’s Conversion]<br />

VII. The Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> True Faith<br />

VIII. [The Missions]<br />

IX. [Vijaya’s Story]<br />

X. [Paṇḍuvāsa]<br />

XI. [Devānampiyatissa]<br />

XII. [The Coming <strong>of</strong> Mahinda]<br />

XIII. [The Earthquakes]<br />

XIV. [Mahāvihāra and <strong>the</strong> Cetiyapabbata]<br />

XV. [The Relics, <strong>the</strong> Buddhas, and Queen Anulā]<br />

XVI. [The Bodhi Tree]<br />

XVII. [The Passing <strong>of</strong> a Generation]<br />

XVIII. [The Bhikkhuni Lineage]<br />

XIX. [Duṭṭhagāmani]<br />

XX. [Tissa to Kuṭikaṇṇatissa]<br />

XXI. [Abhaya to Subha]<br />

XXII. [Vasabha to Mahāsena]<br />

Table <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ceylonese Kings according to <strong>the</strong> Dīpavaṁsa

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