Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 38
As regards their characteristic names , therefore , the Wanniyas and also the Vaeddas have simply retained the custom of pre - Christian times . At the Census of 1901 the total number of all classes of Vaeddas , including , I presume ...
As regards their characteristic names , therefore , the Wanniyas and also the Vaeddas have simply retained the custom of pre - Christian times . At the Census of 1901 the total number of all classes of Vaeddas , including , I presume ...
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I now come to the question of the Vaedda's ability to count , which has been denied by some . ... Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state that my inquiries were made without interpreters , in Sinhalese or Tamil . I was definitely assured by ...
I now come to the question of the Vaedda's ability to count , which has been denied by some . ... Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state that my inquiries were made without interpreters , in Sinhalese or Tamil . I was definitely assured by ...
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With possibly the sole exception of the Wanniyas , all Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some ...
With possibly the sole exception of the Wanniyas , all Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some ...
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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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