The Monk and the Peasant: A Study of the Traditional Sinhalese Village |
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Page 80
... rice . Cooked rice is brought back to the threshing floor as food for the farmers . Words such as aembula , väēdama , and muttettuva , are used for this food . Cooked rice alone is referred to as pubbaru . The different stages in the ...
... rice . Cooked rice is brought back to the threshing floor as food for the farmers . Words such as aembula , väēdama , and muttettuva , are used for this food . Cooked rice alone is referred to as pubbaru . The different stages in the ...
Page 110
... rice . For this purpose peasants have in their houses special clay pots known as miti hāl mutti into which are collected miti häl , handfuls of rice . For it is the custom among womenfolk to set apart for charity one handful , mita , of ...
... rice . For this purpose peasants have in their houses special clay pots known as miti hāl mutti into which are collected miti häl , handfuls of rice . For it is the custom among womenfolk to set apart for charity one handful , mita , of ...
Page 129
... rice , alut säl . This rite , aggassa dāne , was followed by similar offerings at the shrine of the gods , during the alutsal mangalle , the festival of the new rice . At the end of the harvesting season , the entire village performed ...
... rice , alut säl . This rite , aggassa dāne , was followed by similar offerings at the shrine of the gods , during the alutsal mangalle , the festival of the new rice . At the end of the harvesting season , the entire village performed ...
Common terms and phrases
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