Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... jungle - dwellers recuperate after extremely severe injuries is sometimes surprising . I have known a Kandian recover under home treatment by a village practitioner or ' Vedarāla ' when his thigh was half cut through in the middle and ...
... jungle - dwellers recuperate after extremely severe injuries is sometimes surprising . I have known a Kandian recover under home treatment by a village practitioner or ' Vedarāla ' when his thigh was half cut through in the middle and ...
Page 79
... jungle , until we got into a path which I recog- nised . I was then no ionger inexperienced ; I had lived for several years in jungle stations , and had been accustomed to jungle shooting and elephant tracking . The men who were with me ...
... jungle , until we got into a path which I recog- nised . I was then no ionger inexperienced ; I had lived for several years in jungle stations , and had been accustomed to jungle shooting and elephant tracking . The men who were with me ...
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... jungle ( uyana ) ; we do not want to meet with even a single kind of [ dangerous ] wild animals . We do not want to meet with the Tall One [ Elephant ] , the Jungle Watcher [ Bear ] , the Animal with the Head causing Fear [ the Snake ] ...
... jungle ( uyana ) ; we do not want to meet with even a single kind of [ dangerous ] wild animals . We do not want to meet with the Tall One [ Elephant ] , the Jungle Watcher [ Bear ] , the Animal with the Head causing Fear [ the Snake ] ...
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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