Gunawardana, N.
(Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
The influence of the Mahāyāna encouraged the practice of worshipping Bōdhisattvas within the Sinhalese Buddhist ritual. Information with reference to this cult can be seen in the Mahāvaṃsa as early as the time of Jetthatissa ...