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Adigar Amarapura amunams ancient applied Arab Árachchi Atapattu badda Batticaloa Binara Buddha Buddhist bund called ceremony Ceylon channel chenas chief cloth coconut corresponding Corruptly cultivation Daladá déwálé dhoby Disáwa District division Durayá Dutch Elapata elephant Esala Perahera festival Gabadá Gabaḍáwa Gamarála Ganwasama Government Goyigama grain headman Hind honorific India irrigation headman Jaffna jungle Kandy Kandyan Kandyan country Kandyan Provinces Karaiyar Kataragama King Kórála lahas land Lékam liyadda low-country luni-solar Maha Makara Malayalam measure of capacity Mohoṭṭála monk month moon Moors Mudaliyar Mudiyansé Muhammadan Muhandiram mutteṭṭu Nilamé North-Central Province paddy field Paduwá palanquin Pallé panguwa Pattini petty headman pingo Port Portuguese pravéņi proprietor Puttalam rála rice ridí royal Salágama salt seers service villages Seven Korales Sinh Sinhalese caste Siyam Nikaya sown Tamil caste tank tenants term tom-tom tom-tom beater tract of fields Vanni Vavuniya Vavuniya district Vidána Viháré Wáhala Wesak yala නිලමේ පංගුව