Author: Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120619791
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Dictionary of Proverbs of the Sinhalese Including Also Their Adages, Aphorisms, Apologues, Apothegms, Bywords, Dictums, Maxims, Mottoes, Precepts, Saws, and Sayings, Together with the Connected Myths, Legends, and Folk-tales
Author: Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120619791
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Dictionary of Proverbs of the Sinhalese
Author: John M. SenaveratnaPublisher:
ISBN: 9789553062673
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Mountain at a Center of the World
Author: Alexander McKinleyPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231558503
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
At the pilgrimage site of Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop the mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha, Hindus say Lord Siva, and Muslims and Christians identify it with Adam, the first man. The Sri Lankan state, for its part, often uses the Peak as a prop to convey a harmonious image of religious pluralism, despite increasing Buddhist hegemony. How should the diversity of this place be understood historically and managed practically? Considering the varied heritage of this sacred site, Alexander McKinley develops a new account of pluralism based in political ecology, representing the full array of actors and issues on the mountain. From its diverse people to rare species to deep geology, the Peak exemplifies a planetary pluralism that recognizes a multiplicity of beings while accepting competition and disorder. Taking a place-based approach, McKinley casts the mountain as an actor, exploring how its rocks, forests, and waters promote pilgrimage, inspire storytelling, and make ethical demands on human communities. Combining history and ethnography while furnishing original translations of sources from Pali, Sinhala, and Tamil, this multidisciplinary and stylistically innovative book shows how religious traditions share literal common ground in their reverence for the mountain.
Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies
Author: The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies New Series
Author: Colporuḷ
Author: Gregory JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tamil language
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Some Books on Ceylon
Author: Dictionary of proverbs of the Sinhalese incl. also their adages, aphorisms,... together with the collected myths, legends and folk-tales
Author: John M. SenaveratnaProverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages
Author: Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins
Author: Linda FlavellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780781805919
Category : Proverbes anglais
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Dictionary of Proverbs and their Origins Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing their meaning and usage. Changes of meaning and usage that have affected the life of each proverb are also cited. Quotations drawn from classic and popular literature help to illustrate a proverb's specific meaning or to clarify a change in meaning over time. Variant expressions of the proverb, if any, are included. Interspersed with the proverbs themselves are short essays and vignettes on topics related to matters proverbial, including types of proverbs, misquoted proverbs, proverbs that contradict each other, the relationship between graffiti and proverbs, geographical proverbs, and the slippery psychology of the proverb. While the proverbs themselves are arranged alphabetically by theme or main word, there is a helpful index that references all the major words of each proverb.