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Page 137
... evidently belongs to a different class from the others , and is clearly the Sakti or female mani- festation of the minor deity called Ginigal Devata . There is some doubt regarding the class to which Bālagiri Kiri - Ammā belongs . These ...
... evidently belongs to a different class from the others , and is clearly the Sakti or female mani- festation of the minor deity called Ginigal Devata . There is some doubt regarding the class to which Bālagiri Kiri - Ammā belongs . These ...
Page 160
... evidently is the God Mangala , whom Mr. Nevill mentioned as being anciently worshipped in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts . He stated that when offerings were presented to him invocations were addressed to a number of deities ...
... evidently is the God Mangala , whom Mr. Nevill mentioned as being anciently worshipped in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts . He stated that when offerings were presented to him invocations were addressed to a number of deities ...
Page 437
... evidently suffixed to verbs in the sense of ' they have , ' both in this inscription and in No. 14. The object also is placed after a transitive verb , as we see it in Nos . 53 and 54 , below . In No. 14 the word bhāginiyāna is evidently ...
... evidently suffixed to verbs in the sense of ' they have , ' both in this inscription and in No. 14. The object also is placed after a transitive verb , as we see it in Nos . 53 and 54 , below . In No. 14 the word bhāginiyāna is evidently ...
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THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
STRUCTURAL WORKS | 207 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide inscription island Jātaka jungle Kandian Sinhalese Kataragama Keliya king Kiri-Ammā Kumāra later length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parumaka Pattini pillars player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree Upatissa upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas