Chronicle and Epic, or the Introductions to the Mahāvaṃsa and the Mahābhārata: Selected Comparisons
The Mahāvaṃsa, composed in Pali verse around AD 500, has sometimes been called the ‘Great Chronicle of Ceylon’. It summarises the origins of Buddhism in North India and the spread of the religion to Sri Lanka, where it flourished. The Mahābhārata, India’s ‘Great Epic’, was reaching its current writt...
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| Language: | English |
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IACM, c/o Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
2019
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Comparative mythology
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Pages: 66-79 |
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Mahāvaṃsa
B Mahābhārata B Indo-European mythology |
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