Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... word Mal occurs for Vaeddas in the invocations col- lected by Dr. Seligmann . The Tamil - speaking Vaeddas call them- selves Vedan . Reasons have been given for doubting if the word Vaedda could be derived from the Pali word Vyādha . In ...
... word Mal occurs for Vaeddas in the invocations col- lected by Dr. Seligmann . The Tamil - speaking Vaeddas call them- selves Vedan . Reasons have been given for doubting if the word Vaedda could be derived from the Pali word Vyādha . In ...
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... words used at threshing - floors ) , together with the Vaedi words , the colloquial Kandian expres- sions , and their English equivalents . Where the letter N is suffixed the word is taken from Mr. Nevill's writings . In the cases where no ...
... words used at threshing - floors ) , together with the Vaedi words , the colloquial Kandian expres- sions , and their English equivalents . Where the letter N is suffixed the word is taken from Mr. Nevill's writings . In the cases where no ...
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... word lena , cave , instead of the usual lene of practically all later inscriptions . It appears to be con- firmed by the last word of the inscription , tana . There are only two other special variations from the ordinary language of ...
... word lena , cave , instead of the usual lene of practically all later inscriptions . It appears to be con- firmed by the last word of the inscription , tana . There are only two other special variations from the ordinary language of ...
Contents
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