Silavamsa, S墨lavamsa: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Silavamsa. A monk of Ava, of the fifteenth century. He wrote the Buddhalankara, a poetical version of the Sumedhakatha, a poem on his native city, therein called Pabbatabbhantara. He also wrote an atthayojana on the Nettipakarana in Burmese, and the Parayanavatthu. Bode, op. cit., 43.
2. Silavamsa. A monk of Ceylon, author of the Kaccayana dhatu manjusa. P.L.C.237.
Therav膩da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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The history of Andhra country (1000 AD - 1500 AD) (by Yashoda Devi)
Part 39 - Later and other Silavamsis < [Chapter XIII - The Dynasties in South Kalinga]
Part 38 - Visvesvara raju (A.D. 1427) < [Chapter XIII - The Dynasties in South Kalinga]
Part 37 - Gangaraju (A.D. 1427-1435) < [Chapter XIII - The Dynasties in South Kalinga]
Maha Buddhavamsa鈥擳he Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Chapter 6 - Reflections On Perfections < [Volume 1.1]
Chapter 5 - The Prophecy < [Volume 1.1]
Reviews < [Jul鈥揝ept 1971]