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    Critical Examination of Elephant Participation in Buddhist and Hindu Religious Festivals in Sri Lanka
    (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Edirisinghe, D.
    Elephants are traditionally participating almost all religious festivals of both Buddhist and Hindu religious festivals in Sri Lanka. Most important religious places such as Tooth Relic Temple (Dalada Maligawa), Kelaniya Temple, Gangarama Temple, Devinuwara Maha Devalaya, Kataragama Maha Devalaya and many other ancient temples perform their festivals with the help of of beautifully decorated elephants. According to Hindu mythology elephants are regarded as Lord Ganesha or Elephant God. Elephant God or Ganesha is believed to be very intelligence and clever God. More than five thousand years Hindu believers had great respect for Elephants participation in their festivals. Also Hindus believe that some rare elephant carries special kind of Gems called (Gaja Muthu). Ivory is also one of the important rare wealth elephants posses. Elephants are playing very important role in Buddhist Festivals. During the Esala Perahera of Dalada Maligawa or Tooth Relic Temple arrange nearly hundred elephants to participate for their Peraheras. Special tusker will carry tooth relic casket with other elephants in the streets of Kandy city. There is an Elephant Museum to respect the elephant called Rajha, in Kandy. He has given great service carrying Tooth Relic Casket during the festival season. Respect for Elephants dates back to 2500 years in ancient Buddhist History. Mahamaya Devi, mother of Siddhartha Gauthama experienced a dream of a white elephant. At the same time most venerated Dagoba, Ruwanveliseya boundary wall was erected with elephant carving at ancient capital city of Anuradhapura. Thus elephants are playing very important role in religious festivals connected with Hinduism and Buddhism. Elephants never eat meat, live a longer life than any other animals and the biggest surviving animal in the earth.
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    Development of Buddhist thought in Korean Peninsula
    (Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2007) Edirisinghe, D.
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    Dietary goitrogens and prevalence of goitre in Sri Lanka
    (The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2011) Pinto, M. D. P.; Fernando, R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Premathilake, M.; Fernando, T.; Edirisinghe, D.; Bandara, D.; Athulugama, N.; Abeysinghe, S.
    OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between dietary goitrogens and the prevalence of goiter. METHODS:A descriptive cross-sectional study on the prevalence of goitre was conducted involving all areas of the country, except North and Batticaloa district from December 2006 to June 2007. A pre-tested interviewer administered questionnaire was used on all participants as a screening tool. Consumption of 6 possible dietary goitrogens was assessed. Sufficient frequency of consumption was taken as consumption >3 times a week. Pearson's chi-square test was used to analyze the significance of dietary goitrogens to the prevalence of goiter. RESULTS: 5200 participants were assessed (n=5200) island wide and 426 were detected with goitre. Mean age for occurrence of goitre was 36.3(+_17.3) years. Frequency of consumption of these food items was low, none being higher than 10% among the 5200 participants. Consumption of each goitrogen was as follows; Cabbage "[2.9%], Lima beans [9.9%], Kurakkan (Millet) [4%], Turnip [2.9%], Manioc(Cassava) [2.2%] and Peanuts [5.5%]. All six dietary goitrogens showed no significant association with the occurrence of goitre (p<0 05).CONCLUSION:Dietary goitrogens do not appear to have an association with prevalence of goitre in this cohort. As this cohort is a representative sample, dietary goitrogens are unlikely to be associated with prevalence of goitre in Sri Lanka.
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    Epidemiology of goitres in Sri Lanka - results of a community based study
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008) Fernando, R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Edirisinghe, D.; Abeysinghe, S.; Atulugama, N.; Bandara, D.; Premathileke, M.
    BACKGROUND: lodization of salt was made mandatory in Sri Lanka in 1995. Data on the current prevalence and geographic distribution of goitre among the general population is not available. Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of goitre in the population over the age of 10 years in Sri Lanka DESIGN, SETTING AND METHODS: The country (excluding the Northern Province) was divided into 6 ecological zones based on annual rainfall and altitude. From each zone, 18 Grama Niladhari (GN) areas were selected, using the probability proportionate to size (PPS) technique. First household to be sampled was selected at random from the list maintained by the midwife and all eligible people in the house were sampled. The closest household, next to the index household,, was visited and sampling carried out next. The process was repeated until 50 subjects were sampled in a GN area. Each subject was examined by at least two researchers for the presence of a goitre. RESULTS: Total of 5200 subjects were assessed. 66 %( 3,433) were females. Mean (SD) age 36.3(17.3) years. 425 subjects had a goitre. The distribution of goitres according to the WHO categorization - Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 was 18.6, 68.0, 12.5 and 0.9 percent respectively. Adjusted (age and zone) prevalence among females and males was 11.2% and 2.3% respectively. Adjusted (age and sex) prevalence (95% CI) in the different zones varied between 5.34% in the intermediate zone-south to 7.93% in the wet zone-hills. Overall adjusted prevalence was 6.8% (6.0-7.6). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of goitres is 6.8%. There is definite female preponderance. No obvious goitre belt can be discerned.
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    FNAC in the 'field'- a new experience
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008) Fernando, R.; Hewavisenthi, J.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Edirisinghe, D.; Abeysinghe, S.; Atulugama, N.; Bandara, D.; Premathileke, M.
    BACKGROUND: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an important diagnostic test in thyroid diseases. It usually is undertaken at a hospital or laboratory setup. As part of an islandwide field based study, FNAC was undertaken in the field. Literature review revealed that FNAC accuracy rate was around 65-70% in most Centres with full-fledged facilities. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of FNAC done in the field DESIGN, SETTING AND METHODS: Informed written consent was obtained and the goitre was delineated with a marker pen. FNAC was carried out by a trained team member in the standard manner. Four slides were prepared from each patient. All slides were processed and examined by a cytologist RESULTS: 308 FNAC were done. 226 FNAC were diagnostic (73.36%) and 82(26.64%) were non diagnostic. 62(23.8%) showed benign cells only. The pathological entities detected were: 112 (49.5%) auto immune thyroiditis, 32 (14.1%) colloid storing nodules, 14(6.1%) colloid storing nodules with autoimmune thyroiditis, 5 (2.2%) follicular lesions and one toxic lesion. There were no significant complications noted in any of the patients. CONCLUSIONS: Field FNAC has a high diagnostic accuracy if done by a trained person. It is a safe procedure in the field.
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    සෞන්දර්ය විද්‍යාව, ලස්සන හා ප‍්‍රාසංගික කලා අතර සම්බන්ධය
    (S. Godage and Brothers (Pvt) Ltd, 675, P. de S. Kularatne Mw., Colombo 10, Sri Lanka, 2014) Edirisinghe, D.