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 24 Apr 2008 17:04:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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Dear velir,,
this is an other artcile written by LULA,,,
ARE THE SINHALESE REALLY SNOW WHITE ARYANS AS THEY CLAIM,,
From the annals of history we learn that the port of Puhar along the Coromandel coast of Tamil Naadu, the port of Tutucurin along the Southern coast of Tamil Naadu and the port of Mantai (Mannar) along the North-Western coast of Lanka were internationally famous for the flourishing trade they were carrying on during the pre-christian and early Christian eras, with countries in the West viz.
Greece, Rome, Rgypt. Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Arabian lands and with countries in the Eastern seas viz Siam, Burma, Malaya, Java, China, Bali and Fiji. The Gulf of Mannar was in those early days famous for pearl fisheries. The above ports were manned exclusively by Tamils. They were mariners and navigators.
Tamil names of the commodities exported and imported are seen in the vocabularies of the Greek and English languages today. Coins of foreign countries have been found from time to time at Kantharodai, the earliest capital of the kings of Jaffna, and in other parts of Jaffna. Foreign coins may be seen at the National Museum in Jaffna.
The world-renowned Hindu Temple of the 13th century A.D. at Angkor Wat, in Cambodia, is today a destination for Buddhist pilgrims. The sculptures of Hindu and Buddhist art at Borobudur in Java, built by the Cholas in the 9th century A.D. during the rule of Java by the Sailendra Dynasty, stands magnificently, reminding visitors of the mighty Cholas. Although Indonesia has the highest Muslim population in the world, the Garuda (vahana of Lord Vishnu) is the emblem on the National Flag of Indonesia.
One of the most remarkable objects unearthed at Mannar was a model of a cart with its driver, which showed unmistakable signs of Babylonian art. There are in Sumeria to this day, ruins of Hindu kovils with the Ziggurats (kopurams), which confirm that Mesopotamia is the cradle of the Dravidians (Hindus), as quoted by S.F. De Silva retired Principal, Government Training College.
Jawaharlal Nehru ex-prime minister of India, in his 'My discovery of India', writes. 'There is no record anywhere, of Aryans having left the shores of India in search of adventure viz, commercial, cultural and expansionists. There are however, numerous records of the Cholas having braved the waves of the oceans and established cultural and commercial intercourse with foreign countries, and left their impressions in those countries.
That the Tamils were a maritime race is further proved by the fact that it was a Tamil. Vavooji Sithamparanathar, who had the courage to defy the British and own an ocean-going vessel. At time when the British, as rulers thought that it was their prerogative to own ocean-going vessels. Tamil-blood, promted Vavooji to own a ship, in defiance of his white master's arrogance.
The Hindu and Buddhist ruins we see today at Polonnaruwa are a legacy the Cholas who ruled Lanka from 1003 A.D. to 1075 A.D. have bequeathed to us. In no other part of Lanka do we see such extensive ruins, as we see at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka is heavily indebted to the Cholas for their gift.
The eminent Sinhala civilian and historian, the late Dr. Paul E. Peiris, following his excavations of a part of the site of Kantharodai, the earliest capital of the kings of Jaffna, notes, 'It stands to reason that a country which is only about 20 miles from South India, would have been seen by Indian fishermen every morning as they sailed out to catch fish.
I believe North Ceylon was a flourishing settlement long before Vijaya was born'. In similar vein, are his remarks on the ancestral Hindu kovils of Ceylon, 'Long before the arrival of Vijaya, there were in Lanka five recognized Iswerams of Siva, which claimed adoration and veneration of all India.
These were Thirukketheseeweram near Mantai (Mannar), Munneswram dominating Salawata (Chilaw), Thirukonesweram near the great bay of Kottiyar (Trincomalee). Nakulesweram, in close proximity to the Kankesanturai harbour and Chandresweram close to Hambantota harbour. The last mentioned kovil is unfortunately no more. It has gone to ruins due to lack of patronage and neglect. The situation of these temples close to ports, cannot be the result of accident or caprice but was probably determined by the concourse of a wealthy mercantile population whose religious wants called for attention'.
Apart from the above-mentioned kovils, there are, in the deep South, a shrire for Lord Murukan at Kathirkamam and a shrine for Lord Vishnu at Devi Nuwara from ancient days. Buddhists and Hindus visit these kovils daily for worship.
There are kovils from ancient days in Kandy, testifying to a high concentration of Hindus in the Central part of Lanka. The temple for Nath (Siva), according to H.W. Codrington, is over 600 years old. The other temples, being for Murukan, Vishnu and Goddess Pattini, Robert Knox was of the view that Maha Fsala Perahera in Kandy was celebrated from ancient times exclusively in honour of the Hindu deities. The Tooth Relic was taken in the Perahera for the first time during the reign of King Kirthi Sri Raja Singha at the request of the Siamese Monk Upali, to give a Buddhist touch to the festival. That practice was later stopped. These days only the empty casket is mounted on the elephant.
It may not be incorrect to assume that in the hoary past, Lanka was, from North to South, East to West and the Central highlands the homeland of Tamils of the Hindu faith. With the arrival of Arahat Mahinda, thousands of Tamils of the Hindu faith embraced Buddhism. Though 80 generations have rolled by, these converts have not given up their Tamil Hindu culture and practices. They still indulge in prayers and rituals.
As even as late as the 6th century A.D., there was no Sinhala language, the Great Chronicles were written in the Pali language. Monk Maha Nama hatched the Vijaya myth to dub the Buddhist converts as Aryans, projecting them as descendants of Bengalis.
Maha Nama did not know that the Bengalis were Mongoloid Dravidians. The average Sinhala man will decline to believe that prince Siddhartha, as a Nepalese, was not an Aryan. No king of Lanka during the 200 years history of Lanka, claimed that he was of Aryan Dynasty.
How then can the populace claim that they are Aryans? With the mixture of Tamil, Pali and Sanskrit languages, evolved that Sinhala language during 8 A.D. It was not Pali or Sanskrit, but the Tamil language that helped in the formation of the Sinhala alphabets. The alphabets of the Sinhala language are round in shape like the alphabets of the other Dravidian languages. Telugue, Malayalam, Kannadam and proto-Tamil. In the 10th century. Tamils changed the shape of their alphabets to the square shape.
According to Dr. C.E. Godakmubara, the Sinhala Grammar Sidathsangarawa was based on the Tamil Grammar Virasolium in the 11th A.D. The term 'Sihala (Lion in Pali) is seen for the first time in Sri Lankan sources in the Dipa Vamsa (4-5 A.D.) and in that chronicle, that term occurs only once, and in that cryptic verse it is stated that the Island was known as 'Sinhala' on account of the Lion - 'Lanka Dipo Ayam ahu sihena sihalaitu'. In the maha Vamsa the term 'Sihala' - occurs only twice. In the epic Ramayana 420 B.C., this island was known as Lanka much earlier.
Rev. S. Gnanapiragasam - 'There are more than 4.000 Tamil words in the Sinhala vocabulary. If the Sinhala vocabulary is stripped of all the Tamil words there will be no Sinhala language.'
There were no Sinhalese in Lanka or in any part of the world until the Dipa Vamsa for the first time, referred to the descendants of Tamil (Hindus) who embraced Buddhism in 246 B.C. as Sihala on account of the Lion (no relevance). There is no culture called Sinhala culture. It is the Tamil culture that is projected as Sinhala culture. The 14th day of April is observed as New Year, day only by the Tamils and Sinhala people throughout the world.
This fact is strong evidence that the Sinhala people inherited this practice from their Tamil ancestors who embraced Buddhism in 246 B.C. It is stupid to deny that fact. When there was no Sinhala language in Lanka or in any part of the world before 8th A.D., it is thuggery to claim that there were Sinhala people in Lanka prior to the 8th century A.D. Just as the descendants of Tamils who embraced Buddhism in 246 B.C. claim they are Arya Sinhalese Tamils of the Western Coast, from Ragama to Kalpitiya, after adopting Sinhala as their mother tongue, (after the introduction of free education) claim thy are Arya Sinhalese. In Sri Lanka any person who adopts Sinhala as mother tongue ipso facto is an Aryan.
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 24 Apr 2008 17:15:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thanks for the info Tigress! it was very informative
isnt it sad that the average sinhala is so 'drunk' with this illusions created by the monks that they 'actually believe' that they are of aryan stock even when scientific DNA results show otherwise . its the power of propaganda....done for centuries.
how sad
also btw how many sinhalese can explain why they use Tamil words for even the most important words...i mean for close kinship terms such as
'amma' =mom '
appachi/thaaththa = dad
nangi = younger sister
akki = elder sister
aiyya = a respectable term used for elder bro
aachchi = grandmom
massina...
etc etc
in linguistics close 'kinship' terms such as these are generally considered to be the ones with the least possibility of chancing when being influenced by a foreign language.
but in the case of sinhala almost all the closest kinship terms are Tamil.
this speaks volumes!
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24 Apr 2008 17:19:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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Btw did you know that Tamils and the Sumerians have a lot of similar terms?
for example the tamil word for 'Village/town/native place' is
'UR' (also pronounced as 'oor')
and its the exact same in Sumerian too!
in fact their capital was named 'UR'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur
most of their major towns/cities ended with an 'UR'
like 'nippur' , urkkuk,etc etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippur
urruk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk
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tigeress19
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Thanks for the link about the Sumerians,, i will have a look later velir,,
thanks again,, |
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 24 Apr 2008 18:14:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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Only AnuD is a Snow White Aryan speaking a European language.. Muchalinda is funny as well.
Berty,
I told you, this Pera Rathawatnakema is a ugly man !
Velir Tigeress, Graham Hancock believe the birth place of human modern civilization is located in South India. In the eastern cost of Tamil Nadu he found underwater remains that were swallowed by the sea. He dates this civilization to at least 10'000 BC !
Yes, we must look underwater to answer where is the most ancient civilization, i have even NO doubt with the fact that the sea level rised up.
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Dear Tiger Lady,
can you please name something that i can say proudly that , that is srilankan!
Also have to say, that it is the Cricket team.
to your criticism on that ... this team stands for a united peaceful Sri Lanka. |
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Kural:
Velir Tigeress, Graham Hancock believe the birth place of human modern civilization is located in South India. In the eastern cost of Tamil Nadu he found underwater remains that were swallowed by the sea. He dates this civilization to at least 10'000 BC !
Yes, we must look underwater to answer where is the most ancient civilization, i have even NO doubt with the fact that the sea level rised up.
yes i did read graham hancock's 'Underworld:the origins of civilization' a smashingly good book
and it devotes almost 1/4th of its pages(almost 200??) to southern india/northen lanka underwater discoveries!
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yes i did read graham hancock's 'Underworld:the origins of civilization' a smashingly good book
and it devotes almost 1/4th of its pages(almost 200??) to southern india/northen lanka underwater discoveries!
Mmmh thats great man ! Say me, what do you know about the mythical Kumari Kandam ? |
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Army toll mounts, 'feint' said to have drawn troops into ambush
TamilNet, Thursday, 24 April 2008, 18:51 GMT
EVEN BEFORE THE TAMIL TIGERS HANDED BACK THE BODIES OF 28 SRI LANKA ARMY (SLA) SOLDIERS LEFT BEHIND BY THEIR RETREATING COMRADES FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY S PITCHED BATTLE IN THE JAFFNA PENINSULA, THE BODIES OF 143 OTHER SOLDIERS HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO THREE FUNERAL PARLOURS IN COLOMBO, A PRO-OPPOSITION WEBSITE REPORTED. MEANWHILE, CNN QUOTED 'HIGHLY PLACED' ARMY SOURCES AS SAYING THE SLA HAD BEEN DRAWN INTO AN AMBUSH WHEN IT LAUNCHED AN OFFENSIVE AGAINST LTTE POSITIONS WEDNESDAY. 'The funeral parlours situated in Battaramulla, Malabe and Borella have received 38, 30 and 75 bodies respectively,' the LankaDissent.com website quoted defence sources as saying Thursday.
CNN reported Wednesday night that, contrary to Sri Lankan government claims that the heavy fighting had ensued when an LTTE offensive was being repulsed, the SLA had launched a three-pronged offensive.
'The rebels feigned they had withdrawn from their first line of defenses in well-dug-out trenches,' one army official told CNN. 'After the troops backed by battle tanks reached the area, the rebels sprung a fierce attack.'
The army sources also told CNN that at least 30 soldiers were reported missing in action. On Thursday, the LTTE handed back the bodies of 28 soldiers.
Military casualties were airlifted to hospitals as far away as Colombo, though reporters and photographers were barred from seeing them, the Associated Press reported.
Officials appealed to the public on radio and television to donate blood, CNN reported. |
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