Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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trees in that part of the country , but the hunters were equal to the emergency , the threatening appearance of the sky ... They scoured the forest all around until they found a tree with a large hollow up the trunk , at its foot .
trees in that part of the country , but the hunters were equal to the emergency , the threatening appearance of the sky ... They scoured the forest all around until they found a tree with a large hollow up the trunk , at its foot .
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a My friend Mr. J. A. Balfour , of the Irrigation Department , was good enough to get the distance carefully chained from the Bö - tree along the road which passes the Ruwanwaeli dāgaba , to the middle of a trench which runs east and ...
a My friend Mr. J. A. Balfour , of the Irrigation Department , was good enough to get the distance carefully chained from the Bö - tree along the road which passes the Ruwanwaeli dāgaba , to the middle of a trench which runs east and ...
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Usually , on a propitious day chosen by an astrologer , a large body of people accompanied by a kapurāla , or devilpriest , repair to the foot of a selected tree surrounded by open ground , and there , at the distance of a few yards ...
Usually , on a propitious day chosen by an astrologer , a large body of people accompanied by a kapurāla , or devilpriest , repair to the foot of a selected tree surrounded by open ground , and there , at the distance of a few yards ...
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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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