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Ariyalai_SB
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 20 Jan 2007 17:20:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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Nandhamitra,
Also Buddhism was spread to the world by SriLankan Buddhist priests during Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa period.(To:South India,Burma,Thailand,Laos and Vietnam etc)
Wow, I am very sorry to say that you are completely confused; you have made many astonishing claims; I am sure that you believe them to be true.
What I will say to you is this; I will withdraw from this debate, as I see no point whatsoever in debating with you! |
Saervek
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 21 Jan 2007 05:11:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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Ariyalai_SB,
Perhaps I can clarify some of what Nandhimitra has said...
As far as the Maldivians are concerned; as we all know, The Maldives were declared a British Protectorate in 1887. One might ultimately compare it to a Princely State of India. Where this becomes relevant to the question at hand is that the British Resident accredited to the Maldives was the British Governor of Ceylon, and accordingly the British Colonial Administration (as necessary for The Maldives) was run from Ceylon itself.
On the origin of the Maldivians, the first wave of settlers were probably Aboriginals/Dravidian followed by waves of Indo-Europeans from Northern India and Sri Lanka, which would give their present affinity for Sinhalas and other Indo-European speaking peoples.
If you look at their language, it is generally placed as close kin to Sinhala, rather than a Dravidian language. A second point of interest are some of their legends, one example of which details a Sinhala Prince named Koimala, who settled on one of the Islands with his wife (apparently a Princess by the incumbent King of Sri Lanka). No doubt there is a Southern Indian influence as well, but from the above, a Sinhala presence is equally if not more so inescapable.
I have not provided links in the above for 2 reasons;
1.) I do not wish this to become a page-spanning debate which has absolutely nothing to do with the thread topic.
2.) The above is easily verifiable with even a cursory glance at Maldivian History.
On Sri Lankan monasticism abroad; His claim is probably not as extravagant as is appears on face value, at least one example is given below;
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-708115_ITM
The relevant passage of which is;
According to the Chinese Bi Chu ni Chang (Biography of Nuns) compiled in 520 A.D. two batches of Sinhala nuns headed by Tie-so-ra (Devasara) went to China in 429 A.D. and 433 A.D. and gave higher Ordination at the Southern Forest monastery in Nanjing to more than 300 Chinese nuns who had by then, received ordination only from monks.
Edited By - Saervek - 21 Jan 2007 05:22:26 GMT |
Nandhimitra
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21 Jan 2007 08:43:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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Ariyalai_SB,
I'm very sorry that you are withdrawing from this very interesting debate.But I have got my facts by Reading,researching,
Visiting these countries such as South India,Burma,Maldives,Thailand and many more other countries.Also using common sense.I have no reason to be bias to prove anything to anybody.Facts are facts.If anybody says nonsense,so be it.Anyhow I thank you,saerwak
and otters for participating in this interesting episode.
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Nandhimitra
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21 Jan 2007 09:58:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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Ariyalai_SB,
I never said that Dutugemunu trained his Army in Maldives.(Please refer my posting).
Also I never said that Sinhalese of SriLanka ruled Maldives for 2500 years.
You have admitted from what ever your Britannica news that
Sinhalese Buddhists lived in Maldives.
What happened to all the Tamil Buddhists that lived in South India,Maldives and SriLanka?
When SriLanka gained Independence Maldives continued to be a dependency of SriLanka.During SWRD Bandaranaike's time
as P.M he didn't want to have Maldives as a dependency of SriLanka.Thats how Maldives got her Independence from SriLanka And the British.
The point is not Maldives.But Sinhala Language and who wrote Mahawansa and why it was written in Pali?That was your question.I hope this debate answered your itching question.You wanted to say even Mahawansa was written by
Tamils.Very soon you will say Buddha's father is also Tamil.North and East of SriLanka were never historical habitats of Tamils.(Never mind Traditional Homelands).Jaffna
came to limelight only during colonial times.(That is only for the last 300 years)At least if you say Anuradhapura was
part of the Tamil homeland we can consider.If you want to say Sinhala Language was also first started by a Tamil we know that you are nuts.
The joke is conveniently you forget about the HELA BHASA?
You talk only about Indo/Aryan and Dravidian Languages.
We will excuse you out of the debate.
Also don't try to paint me as a hardline Sinhalese Buddhist.I have been telling facts only.Also note that North And East is Not for Tamils and Srilanka is also not only for Sinhalese.
SriLanka is for all Srilankans whom they think they are SriLankans only.Not for people who have one leg in India and one leg in SriLanka.And for the extremist nut cases.
Enjoy rest of the day. |
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