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Page 88
... temple at Beragama at the time of the great festival , and roll in the dust round the temple three times every day , and call upon the god in a loud voice to free him from the devil . And perhaps , if he call loud enough , the god will ...
... temple at Beragama at the time of the great festival , and roll in the dust round the temple three times every day , and call upon the god in a loud voice to free him from the devil . And perhaps , if he call loud enough , the god will ...
Page 103
... temples . The one at the north end belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or dewala itself was a small , squat , oblong building , above which at one end rose the customary dome - like erection of Hindu temples , on which are ...
... temples . The one at the north end belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or dewala itself was a small , squat , oblong building , above which at one end rose the customary dome - like erection of Hindu temples , on which are ...
Page 106
... temple a Hindu temple , the kapuralas are all Buddhists and Sinhalese . The god , therefore , is of the jungle ; a great devil , beneficent when approached in the right manner and season , whose power lies for miles upon the desolate ...
... temple a Hindu temple , the kapuralas are all Buddhists and Sinhalese . The god , therefore , is of the jungle ; a great devil , beneficent when approached in the right manner and season , whose power lies for miles upon the desolate ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate Malay months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko