Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Mahāvansa , a work of somewhat later date , that he derived his materials from Chronicles written long before in Sinhalese , one of which owed its authorship to the monks of the Uttara Piriwena ( the Northern Monastic residence ) at the ...
... Mahāvansa , a work of somewhat later date , that he derived his materials from Chronicles written long before in Sinhalese , one of which owed its authorship to the monks of the Uttara Piriwena ( the Northern Monastic residence ) at the ...
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... Mahāvansa i , 49 , as the place where Dēvi , the mother of Mahinda and wife of Aśōka lived , and as there was a Buddhist heresy in the fourth century B.C. called ' the Cetiya schism , ' Sir A. Cunningham stated his belief that this ...
... Mahāvansa i , 49 , as the place where Dēvi , the mother of Mahinda and wife of Aśōka lived , and as there was a Buddhist heresy in the fourth century B.C. called ' the Cetiya schism , ' Sir A. Cunningham stated his belief that this ...
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... Mahāvansa ( i , p . 53 ) , it is clear that this place was on the side of the public highway leading out of the town to Mihintale , and we are expressly told that it was ' in the eastern quarter of the city . ' In the description of the ...
... Mahāvansa ( i , p . 53 ) , it is clear that this place was on the side of the public highway leading out of the town to Mihintale , and we are expressly told that it was ' in the eastern quarter of the city . ' In the description of the ...
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THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
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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 dāgaba deity demons Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē 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 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