Browsing by Author "Hewawitanagamage, U.R."

Now showing 1 - 5 of 5

The genesis and the evolution of the Jataka stories
(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Hewawitanagamage, U.R.
A Study of the Themes of the Jātaka Tales with special reference to 'Good Advice'
(Centre for Chinese Studies, Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Hewawitanagamage, U.R.
The Symbol of Jātaka Stories in Indian Buddhist Art
(2013) Hewawitanagamage, U.R.
Jātaka Stories have been played a significant role for a long period of time in the field of Buddhist art of India. When these narratives came to the hands of Indian artists, then one of the excellent art traditions prevailed in various forms in the field of Indian art. Oral tradition of the Jātaka narratives converted into new art tradition i.e. carvings and paintings in which Monoscenic, Synoptic, Conflated, Sequential, Continuous and Network narratives can be seen. This article deals with the fact that how Indian artists have converted the tradition of narrative telling and listening into a tradition of carvings and paintings, a form of reading and viewing, after which religious communication has reached a new era.
The Tradition of Indian Folk Tales and Buddhist Jātaka Tales
('Vichār', Semi Annual Contextual Research Journal, 2013) Hewawitanagamage, U.R.
This paper mainly deals with the narrative tradition of the Indian sub-continent. Although the Jātaka tales are considered as tales belonging to Buddhism, according to the opinion of some scholars these are considered as folklore of India. By the way, this article throws a light on the evolution of the tradition of Indian Folk Tales. Further showing how far they have moderated and mixed with the Buddhist Jātaka tales in the context of religious edification after the considerable period of time of Buddha's parinirvāna. The 'Karma concept' is considered as the central point of Buddhist philosophy. However, the discussion of this concept is found in the tradition of Indian folk tales as well. We should discuss this further, about how the Karma concept became included within the folk tales of the tribal people who are living in the dense forests.
A Visual Management System for Universities - A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA, SRI LANKA
(University of Kelaniya, 2006) Sirisena, H.; Hewawitanagamage, U.R.; Munasinghe, J.; Sakalasooriya, N.; Kalansooriya, J.
Expansion of the boundaries of human knowledge is the key to enhance the quality of civilizations. Knowledge results in systems. Systems, in turn, make better environments where human beings could maintain high standards of life. We all are aware of the famous saying of Munidasa Kumarathunga, the renowned Grammarian of Sinhala language and patriotic, which states that "A nation cannot achieve success unless new discoveries are made." (alut alut de notanana jaatiya lova nonagi). When we were students we had to face lots of difficulties within the university premises, due to lack of a proper system of visual management. When we became members of the staff as academics and administrative officers we faced more difficulties in regard to above mentioned matter. We experienced this problem specially, when a new batch of students enters the university. Also, in the recent past various fee levying Postgraduate and Diploma courses have been introduced by our faculties and thousands of external students have been registered for undergraduate degrees at CODL. As such, we are in need of a systematic way to handle this mass who interacts with our various academic and administrative departments/branches in the University. When we undertook our Postgraduate Degrees in various foreign countries such as India, Russia, Germany and United Kingdom etc., we have been inspired by the visual management systems displayed by their universities. Certainly they are applying their knowledge to the betterment of their own society. These thoughts inspired us and as a result we have made an attempt to introduce a visual management system for our university. We hope that this kind of visual management system can be applied to any university.