赐予毗阇耶及其随从（僧伽罗族的开创者）的名称，据说源自狮子臂杀狮之事，此后泛指斯里兰卡居民，以别于达弥罗人。

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.