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Page 45
... north and north - west of Kandy and near Kuru- nāegala ; but a Sinhalese folk tale places some on the western coast . This may indicate that we have in them the remnant of another tribe who came from the Malayālam country . It is ...
... north and north - west of Kandy and near Kuru- nāegala ; but a Sinhalese folk tale places some on the western coast . This may indicate that we have in them the remnant of another tribe who came from the Malayālam country . It is ...
Page 143
... northern and north - western Kandians . Regarding Kalu Vaedda Yakā I have no knowledge . Mr. Nevill identifies him as the Kalu Yakā , ' the Black Demon ' of the western Sinhalese , apparently only because both are termed ' black ' ; but ...
... northern and north - western Kandians . Regarding Kalu Vaedda Yakā I have no knowledge . Mr. Nevill identifies him as the Kalu Yakā , ' the Black Demon ' of the western Sinhalese , apparently only because both are termed ' black ' ; but ...
Page 444
... North - western Province , and gives a transliteration of the first part of it as follows : - Devanapiya Maharajaha Gamaņi Abayaha jita Abi Anuridiya , etc. , the rest probably being merely the usual dedication of the cave to the monks ...
... North - western Province , and gives a transliteration of the first part of it as follows : - Devanapiya Maharajaha Gamaņi Abayaha jita Abi Anuridiya , etc. , the rest probably being merely the usual dedication of the cave to the monks ...
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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