Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
adjective
general
appartenant au Sri Lanka (Ceylan); cingalais
belonging to Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Sinhalese (adjective)
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
un Cingalais
a Sinhalese (person from Sri Lanka)
Encyclopedia
Le nom donné à Vijaya et ses compagnons, fondateurs du peuple cinghalais, dérivant dit-on du meurtre d un lion par Sīhabāhu, puis appliqué généralement aux habitants du Sri Lanka pour les distinguer des Damiḷā.
The name given to Vijaya and his companions, founders of the Sinhalese people, said to derive from Sīhabāhu’s slaying of a lion, and thereafter applied to the inhabitants of Sri Lanka generally as distinct from the Damiḷā.
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