Mahavamsa

Mahavamsa (Pali: Mahāvaṃsa, doslov. "Velika kronika," skrać. Mhv.[1] or Mhvs.[2]) je historijska pjesma na Pali jeziku, posvećena kraljevima Šri Lanke. Prva njena verziuja je opisivala period od dolaska kralja Vijaye iz Kalinge (današnja Orissa) 543. pne. do vladavine kralja Mahasene (334–361).

Iako se ne smatra kanonskim tekstom, Mahavamsa je važna knjiga za Theravada budiste s obzirom da opisuje historiju religije na Šri Lanki, uključujući i doba Siddharte Gauthame te historiju budizma u Indiji.

Izvori

  1. ↑ Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pali Proper Names: Pali-English, p. xvi, retrieved Sept. 19, 2010, from "Google Books" at http://books.google.com/books?id=LEn9i9pnRHEC&pg=PR16&lpg=PR16&dq=Mhv+%2BMahavamsa&source=bl&ots=5Yuh9FVCCy&sig=D-jBgZuXw8chZovrlwBfXtywCdY&hl=en&ei=FUGWTN-uG8Pflgfb1aCkCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Mhv%20%2BMahavamsa&f=false .
  2. ↑ Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), Pali Text Society's Pali English Dictionary, "B. List of Abbreviations," retrieved Sept. 19, 2010, from "U. Chicago" at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/frontmatter/abbreviations.html .

Eksterni linkovi

  • Geiger/Bode Translation of the Mahavamsa
  • The Mahavamsa: The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka Arhivirano 2010-02-24 na Wayback Machine-u
  • "Concise Mahavamsa" Arhivirano 2017-09-23 na Wayback Machine-u on-line version of: Ruwan Rajapakse, P.E. (2003). Concise Mahavamsa: History of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Maplewood, NJ : Ruwan Rajapakse. ISBN 0-9728657-0-5.
  • Online-Pali-Text on tipitaka.org.
  • History of Sri Lanka