Mahavamsa

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Buddhist text Pali literature Sri Lankan chronicle historical chronicle

The Mahavamsa is an ancient Sri Lankan chronicle written in Pali that records the legendary origins, royal lineages, and Buddhist history of the island.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Buddhist chronicles of Sri Lanka 1
Culavamsa 1
Mahavamsa (Sri Lankan chronicle) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist text ⓘ
Pali literature ⓘ
Sri Lankan chronicle ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
approximateCompositionCentury 6th century CE ⓘ
associatedWithCity Anuradhapura NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorAffiliation Mahavihara monastic community NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorTraditionallyAttributedTo Mahanama Thera NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn earlier oral traditions ⓘ
monastic records ⓘ
compiledAt Mahavihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsAccountOf construction of stupas and monasteries ⓘ
establishment of the Mahavihara ⓘ
introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka ⓘ
mission of Mahinda Thera ⓘ
wars between Sinhalese kings and Tamil invaders ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
coversReignOf King Devanampiya Tissa NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Dhatusena NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Dutthagamani NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Mahasena NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Vijaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestEventsDescribed legendary visits of the Buddha to Sri Lanka ⓘ
time of the Buddha ⓘ
endsWithReignOf King Mahasena NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
hasTranslation English translations ⓘ
German translations ⓘ
Sinhala translations ⓘ
influenced Culavamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dipavamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
later Sri Lankan chronicles ⓘ
language Pali ⓘ
literaryStyle Pali verse ⓘ
poetic prose ⓘ
preservedIn palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
primarySubject Buddhism in Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
records Buddhist history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
legendary origins of Sri Lanka ⓘ
royal lineages of Sri Lanka ⓘ
religiousGenre Buddhist chronicle ⓘ
religiousTradition Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptureType post-canonical Pali text ⓘ
significance important text for Theravada Buddhist historiography ⓘ
major source for early Sri Lankan history ⓘ
structure divided into chapters (paricchedas) ⓘ
title Mahāvaṃsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Buddhist scholars ⓘ
historians of South Asia ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sinhalese → associatedWith → Mahavamsa ⓘ
Sinhalese → associatedWith → Mahavamsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Culavamsa
Pataliputra → mentionedInSource → Mahavamsa ⓘ
Kingdom of Ruhuna → mentionedIn → Mahavamsa ⓘ
Kataragama → associatedWith → Mahavamsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahavamsa chronicles
royal chronicles of Burma → influencedBy → Mahavamsa ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Chronicles of Burma
this entity surface form: Pali Buddhist chronicles
Nainatheevu → associatedWithText → Mahavamsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahavamsa (Sri Lankan chronicle)
Nagadeepa → mentionedIn → Mahavamsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddhist chronicles of Sri Lanka