Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Village Vaeddas are the same people . It is a mistake to suppose that all Village Vaeddas are of more mixed descent than the Forest Vaeddas ; many are simply Forest Vaeddas who have settled down in recent times in more or less permanent ...
... Village Vaeddas are the same people . It is a mistake to suppose that all Village Vaeddas are of more mixed descent than the Forest Vaeddas ; many are simply Forest Vaeddas who have settled down in recent times in more or less permanent ...
Page 134
... Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some who afterwards showed me a temple erected to him in their ...
... Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some who afterwards showed me a temple erected to him in their ...
Page 241
... village , ' in the Mahāvansa , and the capital became the Mahā - gāma , ' the Great Village ' of the country . The appellation still survives as the name of a small village , Magama , on the bank of the river , between Tissa and its ...
... village , ' in the Mahāvansa , and the capital became the Mahā - gāma , ' the Great Village ' of the country . The appellation still survives as the name of a small village , Magama , on the bank of the river , between Tissa and its ...
Contents
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
THE ABORIGINES | 207 |
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according ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow believe belong bricks built called carried cave century B.C. Ceylon chiefs close coins construction cross dāgaba deity demons described district early evidently face fact feet five follows Forest four given Gods half hand head hill holding holes inches India indicate inscription island Kandian kind king known later length lived lower means mentioned miles never northern offering original passed perhaps period person pieces played player position possibly present probably protection prove Province reference regarding represented reservoir rice river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese southern square stone symbol taken Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree turned usual Vaeddas village Wanniyas weight whole wide wihāra Yakā
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ancient Ceylon Volume 41 of Ceylon historical journal monograph series |
| Author | Henry Parker |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Asian Educational Services, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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