In the time of Load Buddha, who was the ruler in the eastern region in Lanka?

The Cave Indashaala The information about the people who lived in Lanka in Load Buddha's time has been set aside in the chronicles. The act of discussing this matter is forbidden. And also some people are not interested in discussing this matter in public. But, most of them do believe that these incidents have a relationship with the two clans called Yakkha and Naga. The Buddhist scholars living in Sri Lanka may not be interested in considering...

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බුදු රදුන් දවස සිටි ලංකාවේ පෙරදිග පාලකයා කවුරුන්ද?

පෙරදිග පාලකයා නාග ගෝත්‍රිකයින්ට අධිපති රජතුමා විරූපක්ඛ නම් වන බව මින් පැහැදිළි වෙයි. ඒ බව ලේඛනයේ සඳහන් 'පචින රඣ නගයහ' යන්නෙන් ඉතා කදිමට සනාථ වනු ලැබේ. වේ. මේ අනුව පෙරදිග පාලකයා බුදු රදුන්කළ ලංකාවේ පාළන කටයුතුකළ පාලකයකු බව මැනවින් ඔප්පු වේ. ...

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සමංකර යන නාමයේ ලේඛනගත උරුමය ශුමන නම් වෙයි

මහාසම්මත රාජ පරපුරට අයත් රාජ නාමාවලියෙන් කොටසක විස්තරයක් වංසත්ථප්පකාසිනියෙහි දැක්වෙන්නේ මෙසේය. '' මෙකී සුවාසු දහස් එක් රජුන් අතුරෙන් පශ්චිම වූ නිමි නම් රජ තෙමේ බලවත් රජෙක් වී ය. ඔහු පුත් කලාරජනක නම් වී ය. ඔහු පුත් අසෝක නම් වී ය..... ...

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In the inscriptions, 'Samankara' is mentioned as Shumana

One particular section of the genealogy of Mahasammatha[i] Dynasty is explained in Wansaththapakasani as follows. "…. out of these eighty four thousand kings, the king called Nimi, who came in to the throne in the latter part, became a very powerful king. His son was Kalarajanaka[ii]. His son was Samankara[iii]. Samankara's son was Asoka. The Atuwa[iv] reports that eighty four thousand kings who were the sons and their sons of Asoka had reigned...

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Padapitika

Padapitika[i] The footrest used by Buddha to place his sacred feet is called Padapitikaa. This footrest has its great historical values. The history of Lanka dates back to thousands of years and this is evident by the acceptable facts found in the Story Padapitika[ii]. The worship of sacred footprints of the Buddha was an ancient custom prevailed in Lanka. These Padapitikas can be found at the historical places which date back to Buddha’s...

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පාදපීඨිකා

පාදපීඨිකා - බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ජීවමාන කාලයේ හි සිරිපතුල් දෙක තබා පරිභෝග කළා වූ පාදපීඨය පාදපීඨිකා  නම් විය. මෙය ඉතා විශිෂ්ඨ වූ ... (Picture courtesy - http://amazinglanka.com/heritage/deegavapi/deegavapi.ph...

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Venerable Mukalangamuwe Pannananda Thero explains the origin of the Hela Language.

Now, I decided to explain some important things about Hela language and also the heritage of the Buddha. Why? Otherwise this sermon will not be fruitful. All of you know that we had a great scholar in our country. Kumarathunga Munidasa was this great scholar, he was well known for the Hela Language. This eminent scholar had written a particular song. What is this song? Listen to it well. Apa Rata Hela ( Our country is Hela) 1 Apa daya Hela (Our...

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