(To make the meaning of this clear, it should be explained that, when the gods had reason to dread the too great austerity of any saint, they used to send a “troublesome nymph” to disturb his orisons. Kama the love-god, when taking part in one of these expeditions, which had for ...
The morpheme "suo"(所) plays a role in Ancient Chinese Buddhist texts. Its original meaning is "a place; a building". This element lost lexical meaning gradually and became a function word latter and developed into a suffix finally. Such as "he suo"(何所) , "you suo" (有所). "wu ...
The finest example of the ingenuity of the Sinhalese irrigation engineering is the invention of the "Biso-kotuwa" (meaning queen's enclosure in Sinhalese) in 3rd century B.C. Biso-kotuwa is the equivalent of the modern valve-pit, which operates in the regulation of the outward flow of wat...
Ritigalais an ancient name: the word Riti could have been derived from the word arittha, meaning "safety" in ancient Pali language while the Sinhala word “gala” means rock.Ritigala, providing shade, shelter and sanctuary to warriors as well as ascetics, has lived up to its name for m...