Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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are traditionally supposed to be the descendants of some of the Tamil captives brought from Southern India by Gaja - Bāhu I , in the second century A.D. These people , though nearly as much isolated among the Sinhalese as ihe Vaeddas ...
are traditionally supposed to be the descendants of some of the Tamil captives brought from Southern India by Gaja - Bāhu I , in the second century A.D. These people , though nearly as much isolated among the Sinhalese as ihe Vaeddas ...
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Mr. Nevill considered her to be a form of Parvati , the wife of the God Siva , who , as the mountain - born goddess , the daughter of the Himālaya personified , is called in Tamil Kiri - Amman , ' the Hill Mother , ' kiri being the ...
Mr. Nevill considered her to be a form of Parvati , the wife of the God Siva , who , as the mountain - born goddess , the daughter of the Himālaya personified , is called in Tamil Kiri - Amman , ' the Hill Mother , ' kiri being the ...
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I know of no trace of Pattini's special cult among the Village Vaeddas , and she is not ascertained to be included among the seven Kannimār , or ' Maidens , ' to whom offerings are made by the Tamil - speaking Vaeddas , who , however ...
I know of no trace of Pattini's special cult among the Village Vaeddas , and she is not ascertained to be included among the seven Kannimār , or ' Maidens , ' to whom offerings are made by the Tamil - speaking Vaeddas , who , however ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anurādhapura appears arrow Ayiyanār Bandāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome 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 leņe length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parākrama-Bāhu Parumaka Pattini player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rākshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side Siva sluice Southern India square stone Swāstika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma 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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