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61 relations: Ancient clans of Lanka, Anuradhapura period, Chithalai Chathanar, Chola dynasty, Dravidian languages, Dravidian people, Epigraphia Indica, Gampaha District, Gautama Buddha, Giant's Tank, Hindu, Hindustani language, Historical Vedic religion, India, Indra, Indrajit, Jaffna District, Jaffna Peninsula, K. Indrapala, Kanchipuram, Karaitivu (Jaffna), Kelaniya, Killivalavan, Lanka, Mahavamsa, Manimekalai, Mannar, Sri Lanka, Maravar, Nagapattinam, Nainativu, Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple, Nāga, Pali, Pali literature, Pallava dynasty, Paravar, Puhar, Rakshasa, Ramayana, Ravana, Sangam literature, Sanskrit, Senarath Paranavithana, Shiva, Silappatikaram, South India, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Tamils, Sulochana (Ramayana), Tamil culture, ..., Tamil language, Tamil literature, Tamilakam, Tondaimandalam, Tribe, Uraiyur, V. Kanakasabhai, Vasuki, Vishnu, Yaksha, Yojana. Expand index (11 more) »
Ancient clans of Lanka
The indigenous people of Sri Lanka were known as Nagas and Yakkas.They ruled over the island of Sri Lanka during the pre-Vijaya era.
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Anuradhapura period
The Anuradhapura period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka of the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 377 BC to 1017 AD.
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Chithalai Chathanar
Sattanar or Chithalai Sathanar (சாத்தனார், cītalai cāttanār) was the Tamil poet who composed the epic Manimekalai.
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Chola dynasty
The Chola dynasty was one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of southern India.
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Dravidian languages
The Dravidian languages are a language family spoken mainly in southern India and parts of eastern and central India, as well as in Sri Lanka with small pockets in southwestern Pakistan, southern Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, and overseas in other countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
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Dravidian people
Dravidians are native speakers of any of the Dravidian languages.
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Epigraphia Indica
Epigraphia Indica was the official publication of Archaeological Survey of India from 1882 to 1977.
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Gampaha District
Gampaha District (ගම්පහ දිස්ත්රික්කය gampaha distrikkaya, கம்பஹா மாவட்டம் Kampahā Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.
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Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
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Giant's Tank
Giant's Tank (translit; යෝධ වැව Yōdha Væva) is an irrigation tank in northern Sri Lanka, approximately south east of Mannar.
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Hindu
Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.
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Hindustani language
Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी, ہندوستانی, ||lit.
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Historical Vedic religion
The historical Vedic religion (also known as Vedism, Brahmanism, Vedic Brahmanism, and ancient Hinduism) was the religion of the Indo-Aryans of northern India during the Vedic period.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Indra
(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.
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Indrajit
Indrajit or Meghanada, according to Hindu mythology, was a prince of Lanka and a conqueror of Indra Loka (heaven) like his father before him.
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Jaffna District
Jaffna District (யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாவட்டம் Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam; යාපනය දිස්ත්රික්කය yāpanaya distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.
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Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna Peninsula (யாழ்ப்பாணக் குடாநாடு, Yāḻppāṇa kuṭānāṭu) or (யாழ் குடாநாடு, Yāḻ kuṭānāṭu) is an area in Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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K. Indrapala
Professor Karthigesu Indrapala (born 22 October 1938) is a Sri Lankan academic, historian, archaeologist, author and former dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna.
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Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram also known as Kānchi is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu.
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Karaitivu (Jaffna)
Karaitivu (translit; කරඩූව Karaḍūva) is an island off the coast of Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, located approximately north-west of the city of Jaffna.
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Kelaniya
Kelaniya (Sinhalese: කැලණිය Tamil: களனிப்) is a suburb of Colombo city in Western Province, Sri Lanka.
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Killivalavan
Killivalavan (கிள்ளிவளவன்) was a Tamil king of the Early Cholas mentioned in Sangam Literature, and of a period close to that of Nedunkilli and Nalankilli.
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Lanka
Lanka is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary asura king Ravana in the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
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Mahavamsa
The Mahavamsa ("Great Chronicle", Pali Mahāvaṃsa) (5th century CE) is an epic poem written in the Pali language.
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Manimekalai
Manimekalai (மணிமேகலை), by the poet Chithalai Chathanar, is one of The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature according to later Tamil literary tradition.
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Mannar, Sri Lanka
Mannar (மன்னார், මන්නාරම), formerly spelled Manar, is a large town and the main town of Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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Maravar
Maravar (also known as Maravan and Marava) are a Tamil community in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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Nagapattinam
Nagapattinam (nākappaṭṭinam, previously spelt Nagapatnam or Negapatam) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam District.
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Nainativu
Nainativu (நயினாதீவு Nainatheevu, නාගදීපය Nagadeepa), is a small but notable island off the coast of Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple
Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple (translit) is an ancient and historic Hindu temple located amidst the Palk Strait on the island of Nainativu, Sri Lanka.
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Nāga
Nāga (IAST: nāgá; Devanāgarī: नाग) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
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Pali
Pali, or Magadhan, is a Middle Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Pali literature
Pali literature is concerned mainly with Theravada Buddhism, of which Pali is the traditional language.
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Pallava dynasty
The Pallava dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a portion of southern India.
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Paravar
Parava or Paravar, also known as Parathavar, Paradavar, Bharathar, Bharathakula PandyarIyengar p. 139 or Bharathakula KshathriyarSubrahmanian p. 151 is a community in southern India that in ancient times were coastal inhabitants, seafarers, maritime traders and subordinate rulers to Pandyas, as well as according to at least one modern writer, described as "ferocious soldiers".
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Puhar
Puhar (also known as Poompuhar) is a town in the Nagapattinam district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Rakshasa
A Rakshasa (राक्षस) is a mythological being in Hindu mythology.
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Ramayana
Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.
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Ravana
Ravana (IAST: Rāvaṇa;; Sanskrit: रावण) is a character in the Hindu epic Ramayana where he is depicted as the Rakshasa king of Lanka.
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Sangam literature
The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், Sanga ilakkiyam) is the ancient Tamil literature of the period in the history of ancient southern India (known as the Thamizhagam or the Tamilagam) spanning from c. 300 BCE to 300 CE.
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Sanskrit
Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.
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Senarath Paranavithana
Senarath Paranavitana (Sinhala:සෙනරත් පරණවිතාන) (26 December 1896 – 4 October 1972) was a pioneering archeologist and epigraphist of Sri Lanka.
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Shiva
Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
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Silappatikaram
Silappadikaram (republished as The Tale of an Anklet) is one of The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature according to later Tamil literary tradition.
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South India
South India is the area encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry, occupying 19% of India's area.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
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Sri Lankan Tamils
Sri Lankan Tamils (also) or Ceylon Tamils, also known as Eelam Tamils in Tamil, are members of the Tamil ethnic group native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.
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Sulochana (Ramayana)
Sulochana(Sanskrit: सुलोचना, lit. she whose eyes are beautiful) was daughter of the king of the serpents Sheshanaga, who is mentioned in the Indian epic Ramayana.
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Tamil culture
Tamil culture is the culture of the Tamil people.
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Tamil language
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.
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Tamil literature
Tamil literature (தமிழ் இலக்கியம்) refers to the literature in the Tamil language.
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Tamilakam
Tamilakam refers to the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people.
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Tondaimandalam
Tondaimandalam also known as Tondai Nadu is a historical region located in the northernmost part of Tamil Nadu.
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Tribe
A tribe is viewed developmentally, economically and historically as a social group existing outside of or before the development of states.
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Uraiyur
Urayur is an area of Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, India.
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V. Kanakasabhai
Visvanatha Kanakasabhai Pillai (1855–1906) was an Indian lawyer, historian and Dravidologist of Sri Lankan Tamil descent.
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Vasuki
Vasuki is a nāgarāja, one of the King serpents of Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
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Vishnu
Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.
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Yaksha
Yaksha (Sanskrit: यक्ष yakṣa, Tamil: யகன் yakan, இயக்கன் iyakan, Odia: ଯକ୍ଷ jôkhyô, Pali: yakkha) are a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous and sexually aggressive or capricious caretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots.
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Yojana
A Yojana (Sanskrit: योजन) is a Vedic measure of distance that was used in ancient India.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_people_(Lanka)
