Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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There is good reason to suppose that the accounts which the early writers have given respecting the Yakkhas have some foundation in fact . If so , they must necessarily refer , not to any supernatural beings who had made Ceylon their ...
There is good reason to suppose that the accounts which the early writers have given respecting the Yakkhas have some foundation in fact . If so , they must necessarily refer , not to any supernatural beings who had made Ceylon their ...
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They appear to have been learnt , like the one already given , from Kandian Sinhalese visitors or settlers , or perhaps have been passed down from the earlier Vaeddas of the Northcentral Province , who must have acquired them from their ...
They appear to have been learnt , like the one already given , from Kandian Sinhalese visitors or settlers , or perhaps have been passed down from the earlier Vaeddas of the Northcentral Province , who must have acquired them from their ...
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Having given it a great reception at Anuradhapura , too , on the fourteenth day of the month , with the growing shadows , he brought in the Great Bödhi by the northern gate , and having conveyed it through the middle of the city ...
Having given it a great reception at Anuradhapura , too , on the fourteenth day of the month , with the growing shadows , he brought in the Great Bödhi by the northern gate , and having conveyed it through the middle of the city ...
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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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