Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 571
It is especially played by village girls and women in the interior of Ceylon at the time when they collect the fallen ... One of the players takes in her hand an uncertain quantity of the seeds and requests another to guess whether the ...
It is especially played by village girls and women in the interior of Ceylon at the time when they collect the fallen ... One of the players takes in her hand an uncertain quantity of the seeds and requests another to guess whether the ...
Page 572
If there be an odd one at the last the person who is playing puts down one of the stones previously won by her , and plays as before . After all have been won , those who have failed to get back their original number of stones are ...
If there be an odd one at the last the person who is playing puts down one of the stones previously won by her , and plays as before . After all have been won , those who have failed to get back their original number of stones are ...
Page 604
This game is played on sand or loose earth by the Mandinko and Fulas , on diagrams of 25 holes made with the ... The sticks are set upright in the loose soil of the holes , one at a time , by the two players alternately , and play ...
This game is played on sand or loose earth by the Mandinko and Fulas , on diagrams of 25 holes made with the ... The sticks are set upright in the loose soil of the holes , one at a time , by the two players alternately , and play ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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Common terms and phrases
according ancient Anurādhapura appears believe belong bricks built called carried cave central century B.C. Ceylon chiefs close coins construction cross dāgaba deity demons described district early evidently face fact feet five follows Forest four give given Gods half hand head hill holding holes inches India indicate inscription island Kandian kind king known later length lived lower means mentioned miles never northern offering original passed perhaps period person pieces played player position possibly present probably protection prove Province reference regarding represented reservoir rice river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree turned usual Vaeddas village Wanniyas weight wide wihāra Yakā
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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