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The cave of the thēra Tissa is assigned to the Community . ( 8. ) To south - east of the upper royal cave . Damarakita terasa leņe catu disa sagasa dine . The cave of the thēra Dhammarakkhita ; given to the Community of the four ...
The cave of the thēra Tissa is assigned to the Community . ( 8. ) To south - east of the upper royal cave . Damarakita terasa leņe catu disa sagasa dine . The cave of the thēra Dhammarakkhita ; given to the Community of the four ...
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The cave of the householder Pusa..sa Tissa . ( 25. ) On east side of north rock . Dame davanipi gapati Visakaha line . The stone - cutter , evidently ignorant of Pāli and therefore possibly a Drāvidian , has omitted the lower parts of ...
The cave of the householder Pusa..sa Tissa . ( 25. ) On east side of north rock . Dame davanipi gapati Visakaha line . The stone - cutter , evidently ignorant of Pāli and therefore possibly a Drāvidian , has omitted the lower parts of ...
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Northern cave , containing a broken statue of Buddha . Fragments of bricks in the brick wall of this cave measure 3 inches , 2'30 inches , and 2 inches in thickness . Parumaka Pita jaya Parumaka Satanasata jita Parumaka Lapusaya leņe ...
Northern cave , containing a broken statue of Buddha . Fragments of bricks in the brick wall of this cave measure 3 inches , 2'30 inches , and 2 inches in thickness . Parumaka Pita jaya Parumaka Satanasata jita Parumaka Lapusaya leņe ...
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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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