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# Amavatura (Amāvatura)

අමාවතුර · The Flood of Nectar

Episodes from the life of the Buddha illustrating his power to tame beings, in a deliberately pure Sinhala prose.

- **Language:** Sinhala
- **Date:** 1150–1250 CE
- **Author:** [Guruḷugōmi](https://indike.org/pramana/person/gurulugomi)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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