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Page 88
There is a great temple there, and the great Beragama deviyo1 lives in it. He is a
Tamil god, so they say ; but Sinhalese kapuralas* serve him in the temple. My
father used to say that he is a very great god. His power is over the jungle, and
the ...
There is a great temple there, and the great Beragama deviyo1 lives in it. He is a
Tamil god, so they say ; but Sinhalese kapuralas* serve him in the temple. My
father used to say that he is a very great god. His power is over the jungle, and
the ...
Page 103
the waters ' with a golden knife. Silindu and his party arrived in Beragama on the
ninth day of the festival, so that they would remain six days in the village, and
take part in six processions. At either end of the broad straight street stood
temples.
the waters ' with a golden knife. Silindu and his party arrived in Beragama on the
ninth day of the festival, so that they would remain six days in the village, and
take part in six processions. At either end of the broad straight street stood
temples.
Page 107
Then the pilgrims called upon the name of the god, and with bowls of blazing
camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple.
There the kapuralas, blindfolded, took the god, hidden by the cloth, from the
elephant, ...
Then the pilgrims called upon the name of the god, and with bowls of blazing
camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple.
There the kapuralas, blindfolded, took the god, hidden by the cloth, from the
elephant, ...
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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 chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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