Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... clasped his arms round them , and all seven were caught , but one escaped beneath his hand and fled . ... crushed together , and became the God Kanda - Swāmi ( Skanda ] , with six faces and twelve hands , who rides on a peacock .
... clasped his arms round them , and all seven were caught , but one escaped beneath his hand and fled . ... crushed together , and became the God Kanda - Swāmi ( Skanda ] , with six faces and twelve hands , who rides on a peacock .
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At the beginning a player tosses up all her stones and catches them on the back of her hand and fingers held out horizontally to receive them . She then tosses them up again as they lie on her hand and catches them in her palm .
At the beginning a player tosses up all her stones and catches them on the back of her hand and fingers held out horizontally to receive them . She then tosses them up again as they lie on her hand and catches them in her palm .
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A small marble ball is then tossed in the air by the player , and after it has fallen and while it is in the air on the rebound , she picks up one of the checks and with it in her hand catches the ball before it falls to the ground ...
A small marble ball is then tossed in the air by the player , and after it has fallen and while it is in the air on the rebound , she picks up one of the checks and with it in her hand catches the ball before it falls to the ground ...
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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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