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TYPES OF SRI LANKAN MYTH SRI LANKA POSSESSES a rich store of myths
which fall into various categories : myths concerning spirits , origin myths , Hindu
myths concerning the gods and heroes , and Buddhist myths , including the
Jataka ...
TYPES OF SRI LANKAN MYTH SRI LANKA POSSESSES a rich store of myths
which fall into various categories : myths concerning spirits , origin myths , Hindu
myths concerning the gods and heroes , and Buddhist myths , including the
Jataka ...
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According to one account the Buddha is believed to have preached to Ravana at
the summit of Sumanakutu , the sacred mountain , suggesting the ascendance of
Buddhism over the earlier sky deities . The sun god Sumana , mentioned in the ...
According to one account the Buddha is believed to have preached to Ravana at
the summit of Sumanakutu , the sacred mountain , suggesting the ascendance of
Buddhism over the earlier sky deities . The sun god Sumana , mentioned in the ...
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FORCES OF NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , variously feared and
honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became systematically
categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit ...
FORCES OF NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , variously feared and
honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became systematically
categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit ...
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