Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... monks who occupied the caves had been in danger of attacks by the aborigines , it is extremely improbable that they would have utilised the caves on practically all the hills during the short period between the middle of the third cen ...
... monks who occupied the caves had been in danger of attacks by the aborigines , it is extremely improbable that they would have utilised the caves on practically all the hills during the short period between the middle of the third cen ...
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... monks for me . " But the monks went steadily on with the Pirit , and Kurumbuḍa could not touch them unless he could make them stop . It must have been an interesting spectacle . Six days passed , and the demons had THE PRIMITIVE DEITY 179.
... monks for me . " But the monks went steadily on with the Pirit , and Kurumbuḍa could not touch them unless he could make them stop . It must have been an interesting spectacle . Six days passed , and the demons had THE PRIMITIVE DEITY 179.
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... monks . The inscription proves that the legend of the expulsion of the monks cannot have originated before . the second century B.C. The bricks used in the enclosing wall of a room formed at another cave , termed the Uḍa wihāra , the ...
... monks . The inscription proves that the legend of the expulsion of the monks cannot have originated before . the second century B.C. The bricks used in the enclosing wall of a room formed at another cave , termed the Uḍa wihāra , the ...
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THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters dāgaba deity demons Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide 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 Pattini pillars player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree Upatissa upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas