Sīhala
OtherAlso known as Sīhalā
シンハラ族の始祖であるヴィジャヤとその一行に与えられた名で、シーハバーフが獅子を殺したことに由来するとされ、後にダミラ人と区別してスリランカの住民一般を指すようになった。
The name given to Vijaya and his companions, founders of the Sinhalese race in Sri Lanka.
It is said (Mhv.vii.42; cf. Dpv.ix.1) that Sīhala was the name given to Sīhabāhu because he had killed the lion (sīhaṃ adinnavā iti), and because of their connection with him, Vijaya and his companions were also called Sīhalā.
The word, thereafter, became the name of the inhabitants of Sri Lanka, as opposed to the Damiḷā and others.
The Sīhalā had a lute (vīnā) with very fine strings. KhA.47.
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