2 Responses to “අනාවැකි පළ කිරීම”

1. Christie Says:
   March 3rd, 2015 at 5:39 pm

   Namaste: Sinhalese always made fun of Astrology another instrument of brainwashing by India. For the people who do not know what the Sinhalese thought of Astrology please comment on this Sinhala poem:

   Athul paththa pita paththa nodanna
   Kithul piththa uda piyawara manna

   Jai Hind

2. Christie Says:
   March 4th, 2015 at 5:02 am

   One who does not know the inside or the out side (Athul paththa pita paththa nodanna) is about Buddhism. You study and understand from inside as well as from outside, that is Buddhism in a nutshell.

   He measured the length of his own shadow along a Caryota Urens branch leaf of a Caryota urens tree.

   The story is a Kithul toddy tapper was up on the tree and was about to tap the flower when a messenger came to inform him that his wife is about to have a baby. The tapper remembering that the time of birth is required to cast a horoscope for the baby according to Astrology climbed up to a branch leaf and walked along the leaf measuring the length of his own shadow with his feet. These trees are pretty tall and the could be up to ten meters tall and the branches are at the top in a cluster. the branches are about 3-4 meters long. The flower is among the branches and is cut and tapped usually in the morning or in the evening when the shadow is longer than 4 meters. So you can imagine the plight of the father.

   Kithul flower is tapped to obtain its sweet liquid to make toddy an alcoholic drink or make sweet treacle. So the Sinhalese always had a good drink and made fun of Astrology and had a good understanding of Buddhism.

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