The Mahávan̥sa, Part II.: Containing Chapters XXXIX. to C. |
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... queen thereafter died . From that circumstance this conflict of the nephew with the uncle was on the eve of being waged . These mountain nágas were moreover gifted with supernatural powers . " for something worthy of worship , " 2 ...
... queen thereafter died . From that circumstance this conflict of the nephew with the uncle was on the eve of being waged . These mountain nágas were moreover gifted with supernatural powers . " for something worthy of worship , " 2 ...
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... queen of king Síhahanu . To the Sakya Ańjana the aforesaid Yasódhará became queen . To Ańjana two daughters were born , Máyá and Pajápati , and two sons of the Sakya race , Dandapáni and Suppabuddha . To Síhahanu five sons and two ...
... queen of king Síhahanu . To the Sakya Ańjana the aforesaid Yasódhará became queen . To Ańjana two daughters were born , Máyá and Pajápati , and two sons of the Sakya race , Dandapáni and Suppabuddha . To Síhahanu five sons and two ...
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... queen ( in his character of sovereign ) , and that she should be endowed with a form so exquisitely moulded , that the joints of her limbs should be ( “ asandhi " ) imperceptibly united . ( Accordingly ) the donor of the honey became ...
... queen ( in his character of sovereign ) , and that she should be endowed with a form so exquisitely moulded , that the joints of her limbs should be ( “ asandhi " ) imperceptibly united . ( Accordingly ) the donor of the honey became ...
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... queen Asandhimittá . The great monarch reserved for his own consumption two . To the sixty thousand priests and sixteen thousand females of the palace he gave the teeth - cleansers called " nágalatú . ” On a certain day , having by ...
... queen Asandhimittá . The great monarch reserved for his own consumption two . To the sixty thousand priests and sixteen thousand females of the palace he gave the teeth - cleansers called " nágalatú . ” On a certain day , having by ...
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... queen of that monarch . That sovereign had a daughter ( named Suppadévi ) by his said queen . Fortune - tellers predicted that she would connect herself with the king of animals ( the lion ) . She grew up lovely in person , and was ...
... queen of that monarch . That sovereign had a daughter ( named Suppadévi ) by his said queen . Fortune - tellers predicted that she would connect herself with the king of animals ( the lion ) . She grew up lovely in person , and was ...
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