Pāli Dictionary

sīhaḷa1

approximate

sīhastemaḷasuffix

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • スリランカの;シンハラの

  • belonging to Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Sinhalese (adjective)

sīhaḷa2

approximate

sīhastemaḷasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • シンハラ人

  • a Sinhalese (person from Sri Lanka)

Encyclopedia

Sīhala
Other
  • 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 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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