賜予毗闍耶及其隨從（僧伽羅族的開創者）的名稱，據說源自獅子臂殺獅之事，此後泛指斯里蘭卡居民，以別於達彌羅人。

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.