TY - BOOK AU - Malalasekera, G. P. AU - Malalasekera,G.P. AU - Dhirasekara,Jotiya AU - Vīraratna,W.G. ED - Buddhist Council of Ceylon. ED - Ceylon. ED - Sri Lanka. TI - Encyclopaedia of Buddhism U1 - 510.003 PY - 1961///-<2004> CY - [Colombo] PB - Govt. of Ceylon KW - Buddhism KW - Encyclopedias N1 - 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 ER -