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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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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