THE STORY OF SIGIRI.
by Paranavitana, Senarat (Editor)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Sri Lanka: Lake House Investments Limited, (1972). First Edition. soft cover. Good/No jacket. Sri Lanka:Lake House Investments Limited. (1972). 153pp English text, 128pp Sanskrit text. 4 illustrations tipped in. Soft wrappers. Covers worn and rubbed but overall, a good solid copy. English section a translation of the Sanskrit. Text by a Vajracarya named Buddhamitra of Suvarnnapura (Palembang), who came to Ceylon and spent some years during the latter part of the reign of Parakramabahu as advisor to that king. While in Ceylon, he was known as Ananda-sthavira. FB015
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18788
- Title
- THE STORY OF SIGIRI.
- Author
- Paranavitana, Senarat (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Sri Lanka: Lake House Investments Limited
- Date Published
- (1972)
- Keywords
- CEYLON, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ANANDA-STHAVIRA
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Wrappers
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- Jacket
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- Tipped In
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