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Item A Cinematographic Study on the Graphical Portrayal of the Influence of Natural Law on Human Being in the Film "Avatar: The Way of Water"(Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2023) Subashani, U.W.N.The movie Avatar: The Way of Water, which was screened in the year 2022, is a cinematic discourse about the relationship between man and nature. James Cameron solidly portrays the correlation between the Navi civilians and the natural environment in this film. From the beginning to the end of the film, James Cameron succeeds in graphically explaining that man cannot overcome the laws of nature. The research aims to discover how the movie Avatar: The Way of Water reveals the mutual relationship between man and nature and the influence of nature's law on man. Accordingly, the research problem indicates how Avatar: The Way of Water portrays through film grammar that nature destroys the man who opposes nature. The research methodology follows the theories of literary criticism based on environmentalism. In the present research, the film is the primary source, and the written review articles and interviews are the secondary source materials. As the limitations of the research, it only focuses on the cases where graphical language is used in the movie Avatar: The Way of Water. Man is engaged in a competition to conquer time and distance by performing technical experiments. But James Cameron has figuratively tried to show in the movie Avatar: The Way of Water that the one who strived to exceed the laws of nature will be destroyed by it. It is clear that the director has succeeded in bringing the environmental beauty closer to the audience through 3D renderings while making it clear that man cannot live in isolation from nature. Hence, it is clear that Cameron brings his characters closer to the audience in a heart touching manner through the medium of cinematic imagery.Item A Critical Study on Gimmicks (of Women) in Femininity on Sringara Sataka of Bharthrihari(Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2023) Subashani, U.W.N.Showing extreme modesty, shyness, pampering behaviour, and politeness are referred to as gimmicks of femininity. It is known that the poets of both Western and Eastern traditions tried to give various interpretations of female nature in their works. This is especially evident when focusing on works belonging to the Sanskrit poetic tradition. As a research problem, the kinds of female Gimmicks that are evident through Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari will be examined. The purpose of this research is to criticise the nature of Gimmicks of femininity by focusing on Sringara Sataka of Bharthrihari. Femininity is sometimes despised and sometimes glorified as supporting the existence of the world. It is expected here to study the nature of women based on the Gimmicks mentioned in the Sringara Sataka. The woman who is prominent in the Sringara Sataka is sometimes seen as pitiable, a stimulant of lustful feelings, a sublime human being, and sometimes as a creature to be dismissed with contempt. As the limitations, only the feminine effects that are evident in the Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari will be focused on. According to the qualitative research methods, the Sinhala edition of Ariyapala Gunasena's Sringara sataka will be focused as the primary source. Under the secondary sources, the theses of Indian professors and selected documents related to the field are used. In the examination of postgraduate studies that have been conducted so far, only the research on Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari and poetical methods has been discussed. But it must be said this research discusses the subtle uses of feminine effects and their aesthetic manifestations. It can be indicated that this research will give opportunities for researchers to study the unseen fields of Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari.Item An Investigative Study of Women’s Education in the Vedic Age Based on Vedic Literature(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2023) Subashani, U.W.N.Nowadays, education has become a basic need of everyone, irrespective of gender. It is accepted by the majority that in the past, the right to education was reserved only for the male side. The reason for this is the fact that historical facts are known in various sources, especially regarding the education received by Royal princes from childhood. In addition to the education received by the male side, there is little information about the education received by women during the period of the Vedic culture, which is considered between 8000-3000 BC. It is a popular idea that there was no opportunity for women to get an education because the Vedic literature was not suitable even for Shudras. The primary objective is to reveal the fact about whether there was freedom for women to get an education in that Vedic period with the help of Vedic literature. Accordingly, focusing primarily on the Vedic period, women were educated when considering the position of women in the male-dominated Indian society. There are many irrational misconceptions about the position of women in male-dominated Indian society. In this research, special attention is paid to the superiority of the educational status of women in the Vedic era by dispelling those misconceptions. Qualitative methodology and Vedas are studied as the primary references. As a secondary source, the focus is on the experimental texts by various authentic scholars on Vedic literature education and Indian women. On the whole, there are many examples in Vedic literature that the women of the Vedic era had the freedom of education and the opportunity to develop their talents in a way that even the women of the twenty-first century did not experience. In Vedic literature, women who showed many talents lived there even nominally. This research also provides the support needed to give correct understanding to more people regarding Vedic women’s education away from traditional misconceptions.