Encyclopaedia of Buddhism / edited by G.P. Malalasekera.
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TextPublication details: [Colombo] : Govt. of Ceylon, 1961-<2004>Description: v. <1, pts. 1-4; v. 2, pts. 1-4; v. 3, pts. 1-4; v. 4, pts. 1-4; v. 5, pts. 1-4; v. 6, pt. 2-4; v. 7, pt. 1-2 in 23> : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. + suppl. <v. 1>Subject(s): LOC classification: - BQ128 .E6 1961
Vol. 3, pt. 4; v. 4, pts. 1-2: editor-in-chief, Jotiya Dhirasekera.
Vol. 4, pts. 3-4; v. 5, pts. 1-4; v. 6, pts. <2-4>; v. 7, pt. 1: editor-in-chief, W.G. Weeraratne.
Vol. 3, pts. 3-4; v. 4, pts. 1-4; v. 5, pts. 1-4; v. 6, pts. <2-4> published by the Govt. of Sri Lanka.
Vol. 6, pts. <2-4>; v. 7, pts. 1-2 -: published by the Dept. of Buddhist Affairs, Ministry of Buddhasāsana.
"The compilation of an Encyclopaedia of Buddhism in the English language was one of the several undertakings of the Laṅkā Buaddha Maṇḍalaya (Buddhist Council of Ceylon) ... in 1955 ... [It was] transferred to [the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in 1956]."
Issued in parts.
Somes vols. have supplements.
v. 1, fasc. 1. A--Acala -- fasc. 2. Acala--Ākaṅkheyya Sutta -- fasc. 3. Ākaṅkheyya Sutta--Anabhirati -- fasc. 4. Anabhisamaya Sutta--Aoki, Bunkyō -- v. 2, fasc. 1. Āpa--Asita Devala -- fasc. 2. Asita Devala--Atthaka Vagga -- fasc. 3. Atthahakula Sutta--Azuchi-Mondō -- fasc. 4. Ba--Bhārhut -- v. 3, fasc. 1. Bhārini-deva--Bodaishinron-kenmon -- fasc. 2. Bode--Budalaviṭṭhi -- fasc. 3. Buddha--Burlingame -- fasc. 4. Burma--Caura-vidhvaṃsana -- v. 4, fasc. 1. Causality--Cittavisuddhi -- fasc. 2. Cittaviśuddhipprakaraṇa--Democracy -- fasc. 3. Demonology--Dhammadhātu -- v. 5, fasc. 1. Earth--Extra-sensory perception -- fasc. 3. Good and evil--Hung-i -- fasc. 4. Hungi-i--Japan -- v. 6, fasc. 2. Kāśyapīya--Lobha -- fasc. 3. Lobha--Mahāvaṃsa -- fasc. 4. Mahāvaṃsa--Minayeff, J.P. -- v. 7, fasc. 1. Mind--Nyāyapravesa -- v. 7, fasc. 2. Odantapuri-Petavatthu, Vimānavatthu
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