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short verses are recommended by the Buddha as providing protection from certain afflictions. The belief in the effective power to heal, or protect, of the sacca-kiriya, or asseveration of something quite true, is an aspect of the work ascribed to the paritta. The Mahavamsa contains the earliest historical reference to this practice, describing how Upatissa I of Anuradhapura instructed

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