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Beauty cultural evidence found in Sandesha Kavya: Special reference to the Kotte Period
(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Wimalasara Thero, Pitathalawe; Sirisudhamma Thero, Aparekke
Beauty is defined as a combination of shape, color or form that pleases the aesthetic senses. Beauty or good look is divided into two parts as internal beauty and external beauty. Healthy body parts and decorating those by using various things belong to external beauty. Maintaining good health is defined as internal beauty. This research is to find out how people kept beauty in Kotte era. The research is mainly based on literary sources. So, using Paravi Sandesaya, Hansa Sandesaya, Gira Sandesaya, Salalihini Sandesaya and Kokila Sandesaya as primary sources data is collected. And also secondary sources such as scholars’ views and judgments are followed where necessary. Finally, data is analyzed with the help of qualitative methods. Sinhala literature was limited to Buddhist themes up to the Gampola Period. But this trend changed with the Sandesa kavya. Kotte is the golden era of Sandesa history. Five Sandesa have been written in this era. Having examined these books much beauty-cultural evidence can be found. Those can be categorized as follows: Clothes Jewelry Perfume Unguents Benares Silk (Kasīsaḷu) Meuldama Lathudiya Kokkuma Silk cloth (Patasaḷu) Jewelry used in foot (Pādābharana) Perfume made from Sandal Sandal Fine cloth Wrist-band Frill (Neriya) Pearl String Flower decorations People have worn various clothes as mentioned above to make their appearance good. But most of those clothes have been worn by rich people. Women used to wear jewelry made by gold, gem, and pearl, in their lap, anklet, jingling, hands, neck. And also they have used a different kind of flower decoration, perfume and unguents in their body. Finally, in conclusion, it can be mentioned that people of Kotte era have kept their beauty in a standard way and have used different kinds of clothes, jewelry, perfume and unguents made by solid material such gem, pearl, diamond, gold, and silver as well as natural material to maintain their beauty.
Society Expose from similes of Saddharmaratnāvalī
(University of Kelaniya, 2015) Wimalasara Thero, Pitathalawe; Sirisudhamma Thero, Aparekke
The Saddharmaratnāvalī written by venerable Dharmasena is one of finest treatise in the Sinhalese classical prose history. A recurring feature in the style of writing is the use of similes to describe the folk life-style in the 13th century, and by observing the language one can gather a great deal of information about the ways and life of the contemporary society of that time. The aim of this research is to discover the life style of the people in 13th century, such as how they lived and the objects and tools that were used in their day to day work. The Saddharmaratnāvalī is one of the most popular books among the folk in Sinhalese classical prose history which originated from the Amāvatura. A profound language style was used by the Sinhalese classical authors at the very beginning of history and Dharmapradipīkāva, Amāvatura, Butsaraṇa, Pūjāvaliya are some of examples of this. Unlike these authors, Venerable Dharmasena wanted to address the uneducated people. Therefore, the author used a simple language style with colloquialism and many similes to accomplish that purpose. Subject of comparison (upameya) and object of comparison (Upamanaya) are the two main parts of a simile. Venerable Dharmasena extracts object of comparisons from various things that are familiar to the lives of these folk. When examining these similes, facts about their cast system, livelihood, custom and taboos, faith and beliefs, arts and science, jewelries, relationships, food, equipment and more of contemporary society can be observed, thus revealing many undiscovered facts that related to the ways of life of the Sinhalese folk of the 13th century.