Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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These people were apparently true Vaeddas , but not now the Forest Vaeddas , who are , I believe , unacquainted , or only slightly acquainted , with ordinary Sinhalese . In physical appearance and colour they resembled Kandian Sinhalese ...
These people were apparently true Vaeddas , but not now the Forest Vaeddas , who are , I believe , unacquainted , or only slightly acquainted , with ordinary Sinhalese . In physical appearance and colour they resembled Kandian Sinhalese ...
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All those whom I met appeared to resemble the ordinary Sinhalese villagers in this respect , and their common reference to numbers up to a thousand showed that they are well acquainted with them . Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state ...
All those whom I met appeared to resemble the ordinary Sinhalese villagers in this respect , and their common reference to numbers up to a thousand showed that they are well acquainted with them . Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state ...
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If the vocabulary which I append be examined it will be found that there is in it only a single pronoun , and that is practically a Sinhalese , that is , an Aryan word . If they adopted the Sinhalese pronouns in the place of those which ...
If the vocabulary which I append be examined it will be found that there is in it only a single pronoun , and that is practically a Sinhalese , that is , an Aryan word . If they adopted the Sinhalese pronouns in the place of those which ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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Common terms and phrases
according ancient Anurādhapura appears believe belong bricks built called carried cave central century B.C. Ceylon chiefs close coins construction cross dāgaba deity demons described district early evidently face fact feet five follows Forest four give given Gods half hand head hill holding holes inches India indicate inscription island Kandian kind king known later length lived lower means mentioned miles never northern offering original passed perhaps period person pieces played player position possibly present probably protection prove Province reference regarding represented reservoir rice river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree turned usual Vaeddas village Wanniyas weight wide wihāra Yakā
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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