Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ground near each other . The player kneels beside them . First round . A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air ...
Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ground near each other . The player kneels beside them . First round . A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air ...
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I shall term the play until one player has no seeds on his side of the board when his turn comes to play , a ' round . ' 6 PUHULMUTU , ' Ash - pumpkin Pearls . ' In this game the player takes the five seeds out of the hole into which ...
I shall term the play until one player has no seeds on his side of the board when his turn comes to play , a ' round . ' 6 PUHULMUTU , ' Ash - pumpkin Pearls . ' In this game the player takes the five seeds out of the hole into which ...
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They are first purified by being deposited on the altar covered with flowers and there sprinkled with saffron water ; incense is also waved round them . The kapurāla invokes the aid and favour of the Goddess , to the accompaniment of ...
They are first purified by being deposited on the altar covered with flowers and there sprinkled with saffron water ; incense is also waved round them . The kapurāla invokes the aid and favour of the Goddess , to the accompaniment of ...
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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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