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Page 78
... bulat . However , when the peasant chews it , it is called bulat vita , consisting of betel leaves , arecanuts , lime and so on , and when the monk chews it , it is called daehaet vita . hamuduruvo daehaet vita valafidanava The monk ...
... bulat . However , when the peasant chews it , it is called bulat vita , consisting of betel leaves , arecanuts , lime and so on , and when the monk chews it , it is called daehaet vita . hamuduruvo daehaet vita valafidanava The monk ...
Page 81
... bulat , turns into paefigiriya and thus a chew of betel , paefigiri vita . In some regions it is called kahata bokka . The two actions , eating , kanava , and drinking , bonava , merges into one at the threshing floor : rassā venava ...
... bulat , turns into paefigiriya and thus a chew of betel , paefigiri vita . In some regions it is called kahata bokka . The two actions , eating , kanava , and drinking , bonava , merges into one at the threshing floor : rassā venava ...
Page 144
... - 60 හාමුදුරුවො - හාමුදුරුවන් පල්ල - හිතනෝ - කුස්සිය රජාණන් වහන්සෙ තාත්තෙ බුදුමීපල්ල Budun vahanse bulat C ata kolē vattiya vita tattuva caitya 144.
... - 60 හාමුදුරුවො - හාමුදුරුවන් පල්ල - හිතනෝ - කුස්සිය රජාණන් වහන්සෙ තාත්තෙ බුදුමීපල්ල Budun vahanse bulat C ata kolē vattiya vita tattuva caitya 144.
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ambalama arecanut atta auspicious baeta Bandāra betel bhikkhu blessings Buddha Buddhist budu Budun bulat called cattle chanting child civara community of monks culture dāne denotes Deviyo devotee Dhamma dukkha flowers gedara gods hāmuduruvo hēvisi Image House Jātaka kamata karanava Kataragama kathina kavi kind king kiri known land layman maduva maha mahattaya Martin Wickramasinghe merit monk monks and peasants mother Nāga nirvāna nivan novice offered paddy fields paen Pali Pali stanza parents peasant perahaera performed phrase pilgrim pilgrimage pinkam pirit Pota pōya precept to abstain pūjā Rain Retreat rāla recited religious rice rite of passage ritual robe sabba sacred sādu samādiyāmi I take sangha Satakaya sermon Sri Lanka stupa take the precept teacher temple Ten Precepts term threshing floor traditional Sinhalese village upāsaka upasampada vaeda vahanse values vandanā veda venava vēramani sikkhāpadam samādiyāmi verses worship පූජා මේ වහන්සෙ වේරමණී සික්ඛාපදං සමාදියාමී