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... Pelpola " mean- ing literally , if today somewhat inappropriately , " place of huts " is a designation not only for the entire village as a political entity , but also for its central , hub neighborhood . ( See map on inside front cover ...
... Pelpola " mean- ing literally , if today somewhat inappropriately , " place of huts " is a designation not only for the entire village as a political entity , but also for its central , hub neighborhood . ( See map on inside front cover ...
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... Pelpola Central is both village center and neighborhood . In its capacity as a neighborhood it is in a modest sense an area somewhat better off financially than most . This is due less to its commercial activities than to the fact that ...
... Pelpola Central is both village center and neighborhood . In its capacity as a neighborhood it is in a modest sense an area somewhat better off financially than most . This is due less to its commercial activities than to the fact that ...
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... Pelpola Central and worship at the princi- pal temple . Singularly enough , Imbula , close by Galgana has little to distinguish it by . Perhaps its dissimilarity to the once rough neighboring locality lies in the fact that it , like ...
... Pelpola Central and worship at the princi- pal temple . Singularly enough , Imbula , close by Galgana has little to distinguish it by . Perhaps its dissimilarity to the once rough neighboring locality lies in the fact that it , like ...
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agricultural almsgiving associated astrologer auspicious Badahela behavior believe betel bhikkhu boutiques bride brothers Bryce Ryan Buddha Buddhist caste cent ceremony Ceylon coconut couple crop culture dagoba daughter demon dhobi distinct dowry economic especially estates exorcizing fact father fields frequently garden girl gods Goyigama groom harvest honor Hooniyam horoscope household heads husband important Jataka Kalutara Kataragama kinship kinsmen less living Lokuliyanage Low Country male marriage married matters nearly neighborhood neighbors Nibbana organization paddy cultivation paddy land parental home participation peasant Pelpola Pelpola Central persons piligeneema pinkama pirith poruva position potters practices prestige priest production rarely rational relationships relatives responses rice rubber sarong secular significance Sinhalese social society Sri Pada status Straus supernatural temple tion traditional trees Undecided University of Ceylon upasaka urban usually values village wage labor wealth wedding Western wife wives women youth