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Names: Scheible, Kristin, author.
Title: Reading the Mahāvaṃśa : the literary aims of a Theravāda Buddhist history / Kristin Scheible.
Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016. | Series: South Asia across the disciplines | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016002531 (print) | LCCN 2016038697 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231171380 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231542609 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Mahānāma, active 5th century. Mahāvaṃśa. | Buddhist literature, Pali—History and criticism.
Classification: LCC BQ2607 .S35 2016 (print) | LCC BQ2607 (ebook) | DDC 294.3/824—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016002531
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Cover image: Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta delivering Bodhi scion, honored by nāgas en route to Laṅkā. Mural by Solias Mendis, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara. Pictures from History / Bridgeman Images