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The Extended Mahāvaṁsa
Asoka and the Missions
A Pāli and English line by line (interlinear) version of extensive selections from the Mahāvaṁsa chronicle detailing the life of King Asoka and the missions he sent out to various countries (together with extensive annotation).
edited by
G. P. Malalasekera
(1937 / 2481)
translated by
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
(August, 2012 / 2556)
eBooks
English Only
with a reading of the translation
Html Table of Contents (outline)
XII. Faith in Various Districts
XV. from The Acceptance of the Great Monastery
XVIII. from The Acquisition of the Great Wisdom Tree
XIX. from The Journey of the Great Bodhi Tree
XX. The Complete Emancipation of the Elders
Html Table of Contents (detail)
[The Going-Forth of Asoka’s Brother and Nephew]
[Building the 84,000 Monasteries]
[The Going-Forth of Mahinda and Saṅghamittā]
XII. Faith in Various Districts
[Majjhantika in Kasmīra-Gandhāra]
[Soṇa and Uttara in Suvaṇṇabhūmi]
XV. from The Acceptance of the Great Monastery
[The Great Cloud Monastery and Queen Anulā]
XVIII. from The Acquisition of the Great Wisdom Tree
[Requesting the Nuns and the Bodhi Tree ]
[Festivities for the Bodhi Tree] XIX. from The Journey of the Great Bodhi Tree [The Nuns and the Bodhi Tree set out for Laṅkā] XX. The Complete Emancipation of the Elders [The Passing of King Devānampiyatissa] [The Passing of Arahat Mahinda]