The Epic Struggle Of The Kingdom Of Kandy And Its Relevance To Modern Indo Sri Lankan Relations
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Devas, Demons and Buddhist Cosmology in Sri Lanka
Author | : Achala Gunasekara-Rockwell |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2022-08-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1000630862 |
This book examines the worship of devas and demons in Sri Lanka, illustrating how diverse influences interacted to create the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. The work explains the processes by which apotheosis plays an important role in revitalizing that cosmology. The author offers an examination of holy sites associated with the worship of Hūniyam. These sacred spaces each have a unique background historically, and the ritualists associated with these sites have divergent understandings concerning Hūniyam. Building upon the examination of the temples, the book delves into the iconography of Hūniyam, illustrating his transformation from demon to deity in the manner that he is depicted in imagery associated with his worship. The book moves to a discussion of Aritṭ ạ Kivenḍu Perumāl, a South Indian adventurer, demonstrating the likelihood that he is the historical figure later apotheosized as Hūniyam. Sri Lankan society felt his impact so strongly that in death he became a demon in the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. Finally, the book demonstrates that the same apotheosis processes are at work today. This book will be of interest to researchers and students engaged in the study of religion, anthropology, folklore, and history, specifically in the South Asian context.
Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights
Author | : Douglas A. Kibbee |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027218323 |
The contributions to this volume cover a broad range of issues in language policy that are hotly debated in every corner of the globe. The articles included investigate the implications of language policies on the notion of language rights as the issues are played out in very specific circumstances from the courtroom in Australia to the legislature in California to the educational system in England to the administrative practices of the European Commission. The authors explore conflicts between basic conceptions of fairness in justice, administration and education on the one hand, and political and economic realities on the other. Articles focus on langage issues in the United States, Canada, Brazil, England, France, Slovakia, Russia, Sri Lanka, Australia and several African states. Other articles consider the implications of new supernational agreements the European Union, NAFTA, GATT, the OAU on language issues in the signatory states. In sum the volume offers an extensive presentation of current issues and practices in language policy and linguistic human rights.
This Inscrutable Englishman
Author | : Brendon Gooneratne |
Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Sir John D'Oyly accomplished the seemingly impossible with the annexation on behalf of the British Crown of Sri Lanka's fiercely independent Kingdom of Kandy in 1815. This biography looks at his conduct and motives.
The Pilimatalavuvas in the Last Days of the Kandyan Kingdom
Author | : Ananda Pilimatalavuva |
Publisher | : Ananda Pilimatalavuva |
Total Pages | : 27 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Kandy (Sri Lanka) |
ISBN | : 9558733644 |
History of Sri Lanka in fag end of 18th century and 19th century and some prominent nobility of the period.
Kandy at War
Author | : Channa Wickremesekera |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The British National Bibliography
Author | : Arthur James Wells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1864 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Bibliography, National |
ISBN | : |
The Many Faces of the Kandyan Kingdom 1591-1765
Author | : Gananath Obeyesekere |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Kandy (Sri Lanka) |
ISBN | : 9789557743066 |
Surrounded by magnificent mountains, the city of Kandy, home of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth and the Royal Palace, was the capital of Lanka for about three hundred years. Gananath Obeysekere paints a vivid portrait of the kings of these great green highlands of Kandy, revealing a complex and advanced society every bit as violent as any other civilization. Focusing on kings Vimaladharmasuriya 1, Rajasinha II, Sri Vijaya Rajasinha and Kirti Sri Rajasinha, he brings the Kandyan monarchy to life, depicting them not as mythic figures but as real flesh and blood, larger than life characters who ruled over the last citadel of Lankan aristocracy
The Chieftains in the Last Phase of the Kandyan Kingdom (Sinhalé)
Author | : Ananda Pilimatalavuva |
Publisher | : Ananda Pilimatalavuva |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Kandy (Sri Lanka) |
ISBN | : 9551131010 |
Collective biographies of chieftains of Sri Lanka in late 18th century and the political conditions of their times.
The Kandyan Kingdom of Sri Lanka, 1707-1782
Author | : Lorna Srimathie Dewaraja |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Kandy (Sri Lanka : Kingdom) |
ISBN | : |