Culavamsa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mahavamsa, Chulavamsa, Lesser Chronicle, cūlavaṃśaya, cūlavaṃśa saṃkalpaya, Chula-vamsa, cūļavamcam, Dhammakitti, active 1390-1410. Cūlavaṃśa
The Cūḷavaṃsa or Chulavamsa (Pāli: "Lesser Chronicle") is a historical record, written in the Pali language, of the monarchs of Sri Lanka. It covers the period from the 4th century to 1815. The Cūḷavaṃsa was compiled over many years by Buddhist monks, and displays a variety of epic styles. It is generally considered to be a sequel to the Mahavamsa ("Great Chronicle") written in the 6th century by the monk Mahanama. The Mahavamsa and the Cūḷavaṃsa are sometimes thought of as a single work (referred to as the "Mahavamsa") spanning over two millennia of Sri Lankan history.
Key facts
- Pali text.type
- Chronicle
- Pali text.composition
- 4th–18th Century CE
- Pali text.attribution
- Dhammakitti, Tibbotuvāve Sumangala and others
- Pali text.abbrev
- Cula
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- Contents
- Significance
- Translation
- Continuations and related works
- See also
- External links
- References
The Cūḷavaṃsa or Chulavamsa (Pāli: "Lesser Chronicle") is a historical record, written in the Pali language, of the monarchs of Sri Lanka. It covers the period from the 4th century to 1815. The Cūḷavaṃsa was compiled over many years by Buddhist monks, and displays a variety of epic styles. It is generally considered to be a sequel to the Mahavamsa ("Great Chronicle") written in the 6th century by the monk Mahanama. The Mahavamsa and the Cūḷavaṃsa are sometimes thought of as a single work (referred to as the "Mahavamsa") spanning over two millennia of Sri Lankan history.
==Contents== The Cūḷavaṃsa is a continuation of the Mahavamsa. But unlike the Mahavamsa it was written by different authors at different periods. The Cūḷavaṃsa is divided into two parts.