Senarat Paranavitana Commemoration Volume / edited by L. Prematilleke, K. Indrapala and J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Indrapala, K., editor.

Leeuw, J.E. van Lohuizen-de, editor.

Prematilleke,L., editor.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Studies in South Asian culture ; 7.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Studies in South Asian Culture ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front Matter

Preliminary Material / Leelananda Prematilleke , Karthigesu Indrapala , and J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw

Senarat Paranavitana / Leelananda Prematilleke , Karthigesu Indrapala , and J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw

A Bibliography of the Published writings of Senarat Paranavitana / H. A. I. Goonetileke

The Bodhisattva in Prajñā-Páramitā / H. W. Bailey

Sri Lanka and Monsoon Asia: Patterns of Local and Regional Architectural Development and the Problem of the Traditional Sri Lankan Roof / Senake Bandaranayake

Remarks on Astrological Sanskrit Literature from Sri Lanka / Heinz Bechert

A Kuṣāṇa Kharoṣṭhī Inscription from North Waziristan (Pakistan) Dated Year 39 / Ahmad Hasan Dani

Some Archaeological Problems Concerning Sri Lanka and its Trade Routes / P. E. P. Deraniyagala

Pāṇini and Modern Linguistics / J. Gonda

Hydraulic engineering in Ancient Sri Lanka: The Cistern Sluices / R. A. L. H. Gunawardana

The Benefit of the Caitya Worship / Ratna Handurukande

A Gupta Ear-Ring / J. C. Harle

An Inscription of the Tenth Year of Cōḷa Lankeśvara Deva from Kantalai, Sri Lanka / K. Indrapala

The Yeh-pa-nai-na Problem in the History of Sri Lanka: A review based on New Chinese Sources / Noboru Karashima

The Aṣṭamangala Figure on an Attāni Pillar of Sena I from Kivulekaḍa, Sri Lanka / T. B. Karunaratne

The Indus Valley Script: A survey of the Attempts at its Decipherment / Ahmad Nabi Khan

Metal Statuettes from Taxila / Muhammad Ishtiaq Khan

The Mahāvarṁsa: A study of the Ancient Historiography of Sri Lanka / Sirima Kiribamune

An Aspect of Sinhalese Influence in Thailand / J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw

On the Earliest Gaṇeśa / A. K. Narain

The Tunnel-Maker and the Labrynth-Builder / Merlin Peris

The Crowned Buddha / A. D. T. E. Perera

The Grāmaṇī (Grāmaṇī) in Ancient India: An Addendum / L. P. N. Perera

The "Kuṣṭarajāgala" Image at Väligama, Sri Lanka / L. Prematilleke

John Callaway in Ceylon / C. H. B. Reynolds

Litigation, Sir Henry Maine's Writings and the Ceylon Village Communities Ordinance of 1871 / Vijaya Samaraweera

Koho[HEBREW TXT]bā Kaṅkāriya A Traditional Folk Ritual in the Hill Country of Sri Lanka / Anuradha Seneviratne

A Note on the Microlithic Industry of the Garo Hills / T. C. Sharma

The First Visit of the Portuguese to Sri Lanka-1505 or 1506 / C. R. de Silva

Christian Missions in Sri Lanka and their Response to Nationalism 1910-1948 / K. M. de Silva

The Symbolism of the Indrakīla in the Parittamaṇḍapa / Lily de Silva

Traditional Design and Modern Architecture / Poland Silva

Bodhgayā Inscription of Pīṭhīpati Ācārya Buddhasena / D. C. Sircar

Sinhalese Influences on the Architecture of South-East Asia up to the Tenth Century A.D. / W. M. Sirisena

Standards of Dharma / C. Sivaramamurti

Musings on Mihintale: Locus standi / R. Morton Smith

Tamil Palaeography as an Aspect of Culture / A. Veluppillai

The beginnings of the Sinhalese Printing Press / Sarathchandra Wickremasuriya.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Senarat Paranavitana Commemoration Volume.

ISBN:

9789004646476

OCLC:

562434048

Publisher Number:

110.1163/9789004646476 DOI

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