Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... give me five cakes ( Kaewun ) out of this , please . ' The people of the house replied , “ Very well , ” and taking a little of the rice fried some cakes . The woman who fried them then looked into the account . " For the . trouble of ...
... give me five cakes ( Kaewun ) out of this , please . ' The people of the house replied , “ Very well , ” and taking a little of the rice fried some cakes . The woman who fried them then looked into the account . " For the . trouble of ...
Page 163
... Give us livelihood . Give us meat got by hunting . Do not cause us to meet with the Elephant . Do not cause us to meet with the Bear . Do not cause us to meet with the Leopard . You must make us a livelihood by ( means of ) the Pangolin ...
... Give us livelihood . Give us meat got by hunting . Do not cause us to meet with the Elephant . Do not cause us to meet with the Bear . Do not cause us to meet with the Leopard . You must make us a livelihood by ( means of ) the Pangolin ...
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... give himself the title ' Noble . ' In his Annual Report for 1897 , p . 11 , Mr. Bell mentions another inscription by Waṭṭa - Gāmiņi at Mīn - vila , and at p . 9 one by Lajjitissa at Duwegala , but gives no copy or trans- literation of ...
... give himself the title ' Noble . ' In his Annual Report for 1897 , p . 11 , Mr. Bell mentions another inscription by Waṭṭa - Gāmiņi at Mīn - vila , and at p . 9 one by Lajjitissa at Duwegala , but gives no copy or trans- literation of ...
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bangles bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi 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 length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parumaka player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas