Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Pattini Dēvi , an incarnation of Durgā , Vira- muṇḍā Deviyā , and Devol or Devel Deviyā . All are impor- tations from Southern India . The Tamils of India and Ceylon have fire ceremonies in honour of Virabhadra , Draupadi and Devi ...
... Pattini Dēvi , an incarnation of Durgā , Vira- muṇḍā Deviyā , and Devol or Devel Deviyā . All are impor- tations from Southern India . The Tamils of India and Ceylon have fire ceremonies in honour of Virabhadra , Draupadi and Devi ...
Page 151
... Pattini . Pattini is never treated as a Hill Goddess , but is venerated only in her aspects as the Goddess of Chastity and the Controller of Epidemics . The worship of these seven Sinhalese goddesses seems to be an independent cult ...
... Pattini . Pattini is never treated as a Hill Goddess , but is venerated only in her aspects as the Goddess of Chastity and the Controller of Epidemics . The worship of these seven Sinhalese goddesses seems to be an independent cult ...
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... Pattini , the Goddess of Chastity and Controller of Epidemics , in her aspect as a deity who possesses powers over certain infectious diseases such as small - pox , measles , and , as Ludovisi says , an outbreak of murrain among the ...
... Pattini , the Goddess of Chastity and Controller of Epidemics , in her aspect as a deity who possesses powers over certain infectious diseases such as small - pox , measles , and , as Ludovisi says , an outbreak of murrain among the ...
Contents
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
THE ABORIGINES | 207 |
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