{"id":94381,"date":"2019-10-27T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T21:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=94381"},"modified":"2019-10-27T14:59:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T21:59:32","slug":"mahavansa-compiled-for-the-serene-joy-and-emotion-of-the-pious-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/10\/27\/mahavansa-compiled-for-the-serene-joy-and-emotion-of-the-pious-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MAHAVANSA – COMPILED FOR THE SERENE JOY AND EMOTION OF THE PIOUS."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sripali Vaiamon\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

But it also tried to establish SINHALESE were\ndescendants of a lion and a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How far we\ncan believe that !Let that be there but let us address everyone living in Sri\nLanka as SRILANKAN, besides their ethnic names. This could be implemented after\nthe election of the new PRESIIDENT on the 16th<\/sup> of Nov.2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

. In CANADA\nwhere I live as a resident a similar Social issue is being implemented besides\nthe ethnic names of all citizens.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compiler of\nour great historical composition,MAHAVANSA, at the end of every chapter where\nthere are 37 Chapters,  has appended the\nabove  golden apology,for the simple\nreason,as I believe,there were no etymological dictionary or any other\napprovable sources to gather facts and evidence for him to follow confidentially\nto do the compilation 100 % accurately, as it is a HISTORY book. Rev. Mahanama\nof the Deegasanda Senapthi Pirivena at Anuradhapura who conglomerated this massive\nhistorical piece of literature had doubts whether all facts and data gathered by\nhim from available sources are 100% accurate IN THAT REMOTE ERA.5TH<\/sup>\nCENTURY BC.. When we analyze the APOLOGY we could accept it and .realized when\nhe planned a vast historical literary piece but confronted with the obstacles\nto gather the scrupulous material perfectly, meticulously and 100% correctly\nalthough the complete manifestation was absent \nin his matured brain !Very often it has become a guess work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he was\nadamant his meticulous dream must make a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So he\ndecided to INSERT this golden apology..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Late Canadian Prime Minister Hon.Mr.PIERRE\nELLIOT TRUDEAU, FATHER OF THE PRESENT Prime Minister, on the 8th<\/sup> of October\n 1971 presented to the House this\nSOCIOLOGICAL POLICY. It was accepted . Which gives all the citizens the\nauthority to use this general term,CANADIAN.for everyone of them, irrespective\nof their ethnicities. So after the election of the new President in SRI LANKA could\nallow the people to use this general term.SRILANKAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incidentally\nlate Prime Minister PIERRE TRUDEAU VISITED Sri Lanka on the 6th<\/sup> of\nDec.1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Justin\nTrudeau, Pierre\u2019s eldest son, had the Federal Election in Canada on the 21st<\/sup>\nof October this year and regained the Premiership. He gained only 157 seats\nwith which he could formed only a minority Government. He announced, on the 20th<\/sup>\nof November  that he will form a gender\nequal CABINET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 CBC \ngave a full support for the election by conducting debates in English\nand French and  fully analyzing the\nsituation of the voters and the country.Which was helpful to hold a fair and\nriot-free election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Globe and\nMail,a popular paper in Canada published on the 27th<\/sup> of October an\ninteresting article with enlarged pictures and this bit of summary which I like\nto extract with curtsey for your perusal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ontario\ntoo continue legal challenge of federal Carbon tax despite election ,YUREK says<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CMHC\nforcasts a recovery in Canada\u2019s housing market after two years of declines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberal\nGovt. Says Trans Mountain Pipe Line could found $ 500 Milliion a year in clean\nenergy projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Now  let`s\ncome back to  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

this piece\nof literature,Mahavansa, which  has been\ncompiled for the serene joy and emotion of the pious\u201d and  not mainly to establish truth or evidence as\nsuch. Because there are some events look historical but not authentic as there\nis no evidence or facts. For devotees with piety those may sound as real.\nParticularly when a Buddhist monk has done the composition of a story they have\nmore faith. They grasp as real story. They will never reject but on the\ncontrary praise all situations are genuine and wholeheartedly believe. If an\nelderly person says the idea of lion having coitus with a woman they open their\nmouths and believe it as an adventurous truth. If the woman bears children as a\nresult they never disbelieve. This is exactly what had happened in Suppadevi\nand lion\u2019s story in which the origination of the Sinhala race etched. But\naccording to science reproduction of normal human children by animal sperm and\nhuman egg or vice -versa is beyond reality. However let us touch a bit of the\nstory as elaborated in Mahavansa. The compiler Rev. Mahanama of the Deegasanda Senapathi\nPirivana built up the Vijaya story with the help of a few Jathaka stories, such\nas Nalapana, Walahassa, Janaka, Padakusala Manawa and Devadhamma. King of Vanga\ngot married to a queen of Kalinga where they had a beautiful daughter,\nSuppadevi. Royal soothsayers prophesised she will one day elope with a lion and\nlive in the jungle. Royal parents thoroughly guarded right round the palace to\nprevent this adverse mishap. But somehow or other she escaped and joint a\ncaravan that was heading towards Laata Desha in the Indus valley region at the\nwestern end of India.  When they reached\nLaata Desh or present Gujarath (Birth place of Indian Prime minister Narendra\nModi) where there was a small town called Sinhapur or Sihor. The name has been\nearned as it was the only area in India Asiatic lions were living in the\nadjacent hilly forest. When the caravan reached that region a lion has pounced\nupon and those who were in the caravan have run amok accept Suppadevi.\nMahavansa described the lion wagged its tail and came over to her perhaps like\na tamed animal. She who was aware with the soothsayers\u2019 prediction stroked its\nlovely fur and got friendly. Lion makes her to get on to her back and she did\nand then slowly walked into a jungle cave. They live there and begot a boy and\na girl, who were named as Sinhabahu and Sinhaseevali. They were living in that\ncave minus ventilation or light and it has a stone door only lion could open.\nThey were inside the cave whole day until the boy reached 16. -Just imagine the\nsituation! When the boy asked mother why they are living in a dungeon like this\nshe had recollected the whole story and said that they are royal people. He\nwanted to leave the cave and escape. So he did. When they arrived at the Royal\nPalace narrated the story and king was fully convinced and allowed them to\nstay. When the lion found they are missing came to the town and ravaged the\nwhole area. King agreed to offer a 1000 gold to whoever kill the animal. Vijaya\nagreed and with one arrow he killed the grandpa. Now without lengthening the\nstory lets go to the end. When the old king died Sinhabahu became the\nking.  Sinhabahu  and Sinhaseevali lived as wife and husband.\nThey had so many children and the eldest was Vijaya who was a boisterous\ncharacter. He had so many followers, around 700 who were violent in disposition\nand involved in various nefarious activities. Kings\u2019 subjects complained many a\ntime. Ultimately they were banished by shaven half side of their heads in a\nship. Their ship landed near present day Puttalam in Sri Lanka. They named it\nThambapanni. When they landed Vijaya knelt down and pressed his both hands on\nsandy beach. It was on the day that Buddha was demised. According to Mahavansa\nyear was 543 BC. They had met a woman of Yakka tribe, Kuveni, who reveals that\nthere is a kingdom called Sirisawastu and a king name Mahakalasena. However,\nAccording to Mahavansa origination of Sinhalese started from Vijaya. That means\nthe history of Sinhalese according to Mahavansa is from the descendents of a\nhuman and an animal, the lion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Vijaya\nwas our progenitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The late Dr.Ananda\nW.P.Guruge and historian John M. Senaviratna referring to the union of Suppadevi\nand lion deliberated in their expressions that it was an outlaw or robber chief\n,named Sinha (lion) who with his men fell upon the caravan to plunder. It was\nquite possible as there were plunderers in the lonely roads in by gone era. In\nthat case why so strongly they had etched the term Sinhala for their\ndescendants and depicted with a lion in the national flag?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our\nPresident along with the Prime Minister pledged to develop the country with National\nand Religious reconcillation. We have to help in every possible way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Even if we believe what Dr.Guruge depicted is\nit justifiable to name the race as Sinhala? Historically it is from the\nMahavansa depiction the Sinhala race was originated. Even the list of kings\nstarted with Vijaya and not with Mahakalasena, although it was discussed\nbetween Kuveni and Vijaya.Professor Ellawala who involved in research of\nMahavansa categorically said that the early part of Mahavansa is far beyond\nreality. In that case how to justify the ongoing story! A scholar like  Prof.J.B.Dissanayake could furnish an\nacceptable answer or at least an ecstatic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Prior to this picture of history in the\nMahavansa the terms Sinhala and Lanka were exist in early literature.\nArchaeologist, Siran Deraniyagala revealed through his excavation that there\nwas a fairly a large civilization at Anuradhapura 3 to 400 years prior to the\nadvent of Vijaya. Before  that there were\nfour major tribes called Deva, Naga, Yakka and Raksa in the country who were\nspeaking a dialect called Illu or Hela. Professor J.B.Dissanayake and erudite\nscholar Arisen Ahubudu named the combination of the four with Hela as Sivu\nhela, which became Sihala. (P.196-PRE-HISTORIC LANKA TO END OF TERRORISM.By\nDr.Sripali Vaiamon.Published in Canada.in 1912) Much prior to that, terms\nSinhala and Lanka appeared in Mahabaratha very prominently. In the bk .1\nCh.177.bk.2 chs.33 and 51 and bk.7 ch.20. In the bk.2 there is a description\nwhere a Sinhala deputation from Lanka has gone to the consecration ceremony of\nthe king Udistara with gifts such as pearls, conches, sea beryls, elephant\ntusks etc.. It has further described what the Chieftain had dressed for the\noccasion.( 2-27-48 Mahabaratha) Compilation of the Epic according to Internet\nhas started in 900 BC. Monier Monier Williams who compiled the first Sanskrit\nEnglish Dictionary believed it as 1200 BC. Epics are concerned Mahabaratha is\nthe second in antiquity in the world where as Epic of Gilgamesh supposed to be\nthe first. Other than this, term Sinhala occurred in several ancient Sanskrit\ntexts such as, Bhagawatha, Markandya Purana, Brahath Sanghitha and Jaina\ncanonical works. Archaeologists revealed there were people in our country from\nvery early period. The very first human bone has discovered in 123,000 in\nPathirajawela,down South, Second has found in 80,000. During that era there\nwere lions in Sri Lanka. Fossil remain found in Sabaragomuwa region has proved\nthis. In this context Could it be possible to have had a story connected to the\ngeneology of our existence? Full \nskeleton of a woman had been unearthed from an excavation pit at Phahiangala,\nBulathSinhala, in Kalutara District which  was determined as 37,000 years. One at\nBatadombalena, Kuruvita 28,000 years. As such the origination of Sinhala\nlanguage and the race yet to be traced with meticulous excavations and also\nwith possible scrutinization of old Sanskrit literature available at several\nuniversity archaic libraries in India as the term Sinhala is Sanskrit..Dr.\nSenarath Paranavithana in the foot note of Seegri Gee described that the term\nHela is presence in Kurutu Gee and the term Sinhala is Sanskrit,in Pali it is\nSeehala and in Prakrit, Sainhala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The significant embalm of SRI PADA was the\ndevotional idea borrowed from Afganisthan which was earlier known as Bacteria\nwhere there was Buddhism prior to Sri Lanka. They who built the first Buddhist\nstatue at Gandhara and carved massive Buddha statues at Bamian range. They who\ncarved Sri Pada with innumerable symbols. The idea of foot prints of Buddha was\nfirst borrowed from Afganistan perhaps by Sanchi thereafter Sri Lanka and\ncarved on the peak of Samonala. Subsequently in several other countries\nborrowed this concept. The researcher, Dr.Waldermer Sailor attempted past 25\nyears to study in depth the meaning of the symbols but was not successful. He\nwho had revealed the idea was borrowed by several countries including Sri\nLanka. Buddha never came over here to implant it. Others who copied did not\nbother to adopt the same pattern but was implied to have a foot print to symbolize\nthat of their great preceptor, the Lord Buddha. The length of the foot on\nSamanola is 5 feet seven inches and the breadth is 2 feet seven inches.\nDr.Senarath Paranavithana says prior to 11th<\/sup> century there was no     foot\nprint on Samanola or anywhere close by. That suggests it may have been\nconstructed just after the 11th<\/sup> century. Buddhism had been\ndisappeared from Afganistan by 11th<\/sup> century. So far no records have\nbeen discovered to trace who was responsible for the carving and in what\nperiod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With regard\nto the descriptions of Lord Buddha\u2019s three visits  no records available anywhere. Great Buddhist\nleaders like, Sir Baron Jayathilaka, Dr.G.P.Mallasekara denied  any record relevant to this in the Tri Pitaka.\n None of those who took part in the Three\nSangayanas were  aware Buddha\u2019s trips to\nLanka. Perhaps certain descriptions in Mahavansa may be exaggerations and not\nreal. The compiler borrowed the idea from the early epic, Deepavansa.  But of course with the elaborations in the\nEpic Mahavansa where the compiler had imposed in great piety to say Buddha\nphysically came over and implanted his left foot print cannot be accepted as it\nis not available in the Tri Pitaka. This could be easily checked as the  Tri Pitaka is now available with us..Although\nthere are other interpretations to say the print is that of Adam, Shiva or\nSt.Thomas. It is immaterial to Buddhists they are glued to believe that was their\nreligious leader, Gauthama the Buddha as depicted at the end of every chapter\nin Mahavansa .  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Present Prime Minister\u2019s Dad Hon.Pierre\nTrudeau in 1971 introduced MULTI CULTURALISM TO CANADA,THERE AFTER ALL THE\nCITIZENS IN CANADA BECAME CANADIANS. Let us make all the\nSinhalese,Tamils,Muslims,Burgers,javas and Vaddas living in Sri Lanka generally\nas SRI LANKANS besides their ethnic names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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