Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Nāgas , the most famous among them being Seșa or Ananta , Vāsuki , Takṣaka , Dhṛtarāṣṭra , Elāpatra or Airāvata , Karkota or Karkotaka , Kauravya , Sankha , Mani and others . The cult of the Nāgas , allied to that of another class of ...
... Nāgas , the most famous among them being Seșa or Ananta , Vāsuki , Takṣaka , Dhṛtarāṣṭra , Elāpatra or Airāvata , Karkota or Karkotaka , Kauravya , Sankha , Mani and others . The cult of the Nāgas , allied to that of another class of ...
Page 241
... nāgas as the representatives of the element of water , which is hostile to him 13 ( compare the opposition of fire and nāgas in the legend about the sacrifice performed by King Janamejaya , discussed below ) . In the famous relief on ...
... nāgas as the representatives of the element of water , which is hostile to him 13 ( compare the opposition of fire and nāgas in the legend about the sacrifice performed by King Janamejaya , discussed below ) . In the famous relief on ...
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... Nagas inhabit- ed the other portions of the island . It is clear that these were in some respects as civilised as the Nägas and some of the Yakkha kings found their wives from among the Nāgas . Both the Nagas and the Yakkhas gradually ...
... Nagas inhabit- ed the other portions of the island . It is clear that these were in some respects as civilised as the Nägas and some of the Yakkha kings found their wives from among the Nāgas . Both the Nagas and the Yakkhas gradually ...
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bangles bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide Indra 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 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. Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas
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 | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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