The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1438 page)

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Mah
va
sa
(P
li, ‘great’ + ‘story’). P
li Buddhist chronicle of Sinhalese history from the time of the
Buddha
kyamuni to the 4th cent. CE.
C
lavamsa
(Little Story) is an appendix which carries the story down to the 18th cent. The main chronicle was written
c.
5th cent. CE, and it is attributed to Mah
n
ma, though nothing certain is known of him.
Mah
vastu

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