Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Rāvana . The Maha - Bharata has the same tradition . The latest account of them in these works is as follows 1 : When Brahma created the Waters he formed Rakshasas to guard them . Visvākarman , the general architect and builder of the ...
... Rāvana . The Maha - Bharata has the same tradition . The latest account of them in these works is as follows 1 : When Brahma created the Waters he formed Rakshasas to guard them . Visvākarman , the general architect and builder of the ...
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... Rāvana , the Rakshasa king , by means of thousands of years of austerity obtained from Brahma the boon of indestructibility by all beings of a higher class than man . This enabled him to re - occupy Ceylon , which once more became the ...
... Rāvana , the Rakshasa king , by means of thousands of years of austerity obtained from Brahma the boon of indestructibility by all beings of a higher class than man . This enabled him to re - occupy Ceylon , which once more became the ...
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... Rāvana , a good and devout worshipper of Vishnu , who had joined Rāma's forces in the war against the Rākshasas , was appointed the sovereign of the survivors in Ceylon , in the place of Ravana ; and there the story ends so far as it ...
... Rāvana , a good and devout worshipper of Vishnu , who had joined Rāma's forces in the war against the Rākshasas , was appointed the sovereign of the survivors in Ceylon , in the place of Ravana ; and there the story ends so far as it ...
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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