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... shows that this king was a Vaedda . When the expression occurs in the Mahāvansa it certainly refers to the Vaeddas , and there is nothing to indicate that in the present instance the word has a different meaning . So far as it is of ...
... shows that this king was a Vaedda . When the expression occurs in the Mahāvansa it certainly refers to the Vaeddas , and there is nothing to indicate that in the present instance the word has a different meaning . So far as it is of ...
Page 301
... shows that the monastery was between the fortified city of that period and the village to the north - west where the battle was fought . In the account of Paṇḍukābhaya's arrangement of the suburbs ( Mah . , i , p . 43 ) it is stated ...
... shows that the monastery was between the fortified city of that period and the village to the north - west where the battle was fought . In the account of Paṇḍukābhaya's arrangement of the suburbs ( Mah . , i , p . 43 ) it is stated ...
Page 355
... shows that some pre - existing station of sufficient importance to be worth strong fortifications was already established there when the wall was built . possess no measurements of the bricks used in the work . No remains of buildings ...
... shows that some pre - existing station of sufficient importance to be worth strong fortifications was already established there when the wall was built . possess no measurements of the bricks used in the work . No remains of buildings ...
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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