{"id":104984,"date":"2020-07-28T16:35:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T23:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=104984"},"modified":"2020-07-28T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T23:35:33","slug":"how-sinhala-came-into-existance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/07\/28\/how-sinhala-came-into-existance\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW SINHALA CAME INTO EXISTANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

By-Dr.Sripali Vaiamon<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

 On\nthe 25th<\/sup> of July(2020) President had held a meeting with MAHA SANGA\nand also with the new Director General of the Department of Archaeology. According\nto news papers very important matters have been discussed. Results could be\nexpected without much delay. In view of this other responsible  officers will furnish more detailed matters\nrequired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is paramount to look into the religious\nmisconceptions involved in Buddhism due to unbelievable historical\nmisadventures procreated by authors without paying any heed to evidence and facts.\nEven with regard to the origination of the Sinhala community is based on purely\non an unbelievable folk tale adventurously portrayed in the Mahavansa..We are\nthe products of woman and an animal. These misadventures once and for all\nshould be cleared. Otherwise these are insults to the Sinhala Buddhist nation.\nBefore trying to investigate misadventures of the previous regime present\nPresident should enthusiastically look into and ameliorate these yarns within\nthe power that he possessed now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the inception of the new Government it is very appropriable to look into the history of our little Island which has been obtusely mislead the people and made them ignorant masses to believe all what ancient historians have\u00a0\u00a0written without evidence and facts as historical relations. We all must live in this little island in unity irrespective of ethnic, religious or political susceptibilities. But we must have a clear and acceptable history of the country for our children to familiarize with. Somme times back it has been taken out from the school curriculum. Although Lanka is supposed to be a country with a long documented history, it is not being taught in schools. It was appeared in one of the tabloid published in Canada–DASATHA,by Professor.Padmasiri Kannangara\u00a0 in the month of August in 2016 where history has been taken out of the school curriculum in 1972,when Badurdeen Mohommed was in charge of the portfolio of Education. When people kicked up a row it was reintroduced in 1995.What amendments they have made no one knows. It is worth look into. Students for over twenty odd years could not learn HISTORY of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is addressed to Buddhist\nintellectuals only, because they have neglected their fundamental duty to\nameliorate the historical and biographical situations relevant to compassionate\nBuddha who had no regard for falsifications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT IS TIME TO APPOINT A PANEL COMPRISED\nWITH ERUDITE SCHOLARS TO INVESTIGATE THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND AND REFORM IT IN\nCORRECT PERSPECTIVE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is something imperative and should be\nreformed in such a way not to hurt the susceptibilities of masses, particularly\nthat of Buddhists but fully convince them representing the truth to a possible\nextent. In future they will observe the history in a correct perspective. .\nBuddhists in the country who are majority should live with other citizens\namicably and in broad unity. Present President of the country definitely\ndesires to live with everyone of them more closer in executing all the\nfunctions of a good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Government.\nBut sad to say they give more publicity for misconducts of the members of the\nprevious government without even basically ascertain that there is a wee-bit of\ntruth of their huge allegations. After proper investigation if there is\nsomething legal actions should be initiated and announce to the public. Then\nonly must shout about it. Otherwise those will sound as old widows allegations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buddhists should fully realize what is\nBuddhism is. It is a profound philosophy of the Buddha who treated everyone\nalike, irrespective of their religious differences, ethnicities or political\naffiliations. To Buddha  all are human\nbeings with same anatomy.. His ardent follower \nafter the conversion,, who sent his son and daughter to Sri Lanka to\nestablish Buddha Sasana. King Dharmasoka in his Piller Edicts # 6 and 7 where\nhe had given specific instructions to his administrators to allow and help\nothers to profess their religious views in their own way and further he has\nengraved in the Girinar Edict #12, by an aphorism that whoever honour his own\nreligion and condemn the religions of others wholly from devotion to his own\nreligion, in acting thus, injures more gravely his own religion. Every Buddhist\nmust bear this in mind more profoundly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TERM SINHALA IN MAHAVANSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Hema Ellawala, who made an extensive\nresearch on Mahavansa, the great chronicle, affirmed as an established\nhistorical document but Mahavansa\u2019s fallings are many and it contains much is\nmyth and legend. Wilhelm Geiger who did a yeoman service to SL history comments\nin his,\u2019The Culture of Ceylon in medieval times,\u2019- It would be too rash simply\nto set aside these ancient legends which contain a kernel of history wrapped up\nin the tales and inventions of pious traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a matter of fact, Mahavansa has given\nmore prominence to create adventures and legends on religious basis in order to\ncreate more piety. As the author was a Buddhist monk he promulgated  Buddhist aspect of adventures formed in order\nto create piety. At the end of 37 chapters of Mahavansa he boldly made a notion\nto say he compiles this for the serene joy and emotion of the pious-  That suggests not to establish only facts or\nevidences but to create some pious fulfillments.  Ancient kings who were the very embodiment of\npiety highly taken this up as truth as crystal. \nThis has grossly misled the public and ultimately removed History\u201d from\nschool curriculum a few decades back. Those who come out from educational\ninstitutions are lack of historical knowledge.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origination of term Sinhala from Vijaya is\nnot at all justifiable. Mahavansa made him the progenitor of the Sinhala\ncommunity. He goes as the FIRST king in the country according to\nMahavansa..When Vijaya met Kuveni it was discovered that there was a king of\nyakka tribe who was known as Mahakalasena and his kingdom was Sirasawasthu.\nThen he should be the first king in the country. Yakka was one of the tribes\nout of the four ancient Sinhala tribes, viz. Yakka, Deva, Naga and Raksa. Vijaya\nwas a Gujarathian,  a foreigner. Moreover\nVijaya was a plunderer. He robbed country people with his followers. He was a\ncrook and that is why he was ousted from the country!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vijaya was supposed to be a son of\nSinhabahu and Sinhaseevali, both were the products of a lion and a  woman. The author didn\u2019t know a lion and a\nwoman cannot procreate human children. Late Dr.Ananda Guruge and historian, John\nM Senaviratna revealed it was not a lion but a human being who had a name\nSinha. Then why on earth, it was taken so seriously to stabilized a community\nas Sinhalese. Mahavansa says, Sinha lunathi Seehalo.It was the reason the\nauthor adduced. Author was Rev.Mahanama of Deegasanda Senapathi Pirivana,\nAnuradhapura. Veteran archeologist, Siran Deraniyagala revealed from his recent\nexcavation at Anuradhapura that there was a civilization 300 years prior to the\nadvent of Vijaya. In several ancient Sanskrit literature before Vijaya the term\nSinhala has been given explicitly. .Markadyapurana, Brahath Sanghitha,\nBhagawatha, much prior to that in Mahabaratha more prominently.        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

         \nI came across the term Sinhala in the second parva (bk) of Mahabaratha.\nMr.K.M.Ganguli who translated all the 18 books of Mahabaratha says Sinhala is\ngiven in bk2,ch33,and ch51, bk 3 ch51and in bk 7 . According to Monier Monier\nWilliams who compiled the very first English Sanskrit Dictionary, commented Mahabaratha\ncommenced its compilation in 1200 B.C.Intrnet says it was in 900 BC.\nDr.B.J.Perera who contributed an article to Ceylon Historical Journal vol 2,\nsays Sinhala is mentioned in the Sanskrit Commentaries of Jaina Canonical\nworks.  Ravana in Ramayana authored by\nValmiki, had written several books in Sinhala, the language obviously seems to\nbe Sanskrit. That suggest the language used by the people of the country at\nthat time probably could be Sanskrit which was known as Sinhala..Perhaps it\ncould be surmised thus: when Panini introduced his grammar book, Asthadayi with\nthree thousands odd grammatical rules even in India the flow of writing became\nlethargic. Writers may have thought involving in literary work without grammar\nis not congenial. Thereafter releasing of books became very slow. In Lanka\ninstead of jaw breaking terms they may have introduced Illu as a simple\nlanguage in place of Sanskrit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ravana who was supposed to be a king of\nLanka according to Valmiki had written a few books in Sanskrit( Sinhala) such\nas Nadi Pariksha,Uddisa Chikithsa, Rasarathnakaraya, KumaraTantra, Vatika\nPrakarna and Herth Chikithsa.( late M.H.Sirisoma,Commissioner of archaeology-\nWell read personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr.Paranavithana\nin the foot note of his Seegiri Gee affirmed the term Sinhala is Sanskrit, in\nPali it is Seehala, in Prakrit Sainhala and the term Hela occurred in the\nGraffiti as an equivalent of Illu  or\nElu. The late Mr.Arisen Ahubudu had expressed that the four tribes,viz. Deva,\nNaga, Yakka and Raksa in the Island earned the term Siv+hela=Sihala and that\nwas the equivalent of Sanskrit Sinhala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our archaeologists reveled the first\ndiscovery of a human bone in Sri Lanka was  \n125,000 years old and it was discovered from Pathirajawela, down south.\nSecond was 80,000 years. At that era there were lions in this country. So our archaeologists\nshould make further research to find out whether there was any relationship to\nlions and thereby Sinha concept crept into  our language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinhala Guru,Munidasa Cumaratunga commented\nin Prabhasodaya in 1936,Sinhala was the term in ancient time used to the\nlanguage and the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinha names were given to some kings in\nAkkad in Babylonia where there was a Sinha Dynasty. In 2488 BC. There was a\ngreat ruler in Akkad, known as Narang Singh,and another king by the name  Bhur Sinha who was in Akkad in 2331, Gimal\nsingh was in 2222 BC. Today nearly 95% of males in Punjab have Singha title at\nthe end of their names. Because these people are the descendants of those who\ncame to Mohanjo daro around 2500 BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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