2016
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Item Relationship on Sanskrit and English language proficiencies: a study conducted among selected BAMS undergraduates of Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Dhammissara Thero, M.; Dissanayake, S.A.R.R.P.; Dharmapriya, A.K.H.; Peiris, R.M.; Udagedara, U.G.J.R.Sanskrit language is an explosive source of knowledge of fundamentals of Ayurveda, while English language offers distinctive benefits to the present day Ayurveda scholar. Both Sanskrit and English languages are incorporated into the current BAMS course of Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute. In the first phase of the study programme, students are required to master basic grammar rules of both these languages. The primary purpose of this study was to compare the performances of Sanskrit and English languages on grammar-based language proficiency tests. The study examined the relationship of Sanskrit language proficiency and English language proficiency with 83 first year students following BAMS (2014/2015) course at this Institute. Students were tested on objective grammar items at the end of 15 weeks of instruction. The hypothesis was that there was a relationship between the performances of Sanskrit and those of English language. A two-tailed Pearson Correlation was performed. The comparison of two sets of test data showed that Sanskrit language proficiency scores were strongly correlated to English language test data (co-efficient of correlation, r = .590). The mean values of Sanskrit and English languages were 65.87 and 66.96 respectively. The significant p value (0.000) confirms the relationship between the two sets of test scores. This finding supports the claim that students who perform well in grammar based instruction in one language are able to acquire grammatical elements of the other language easily. However, further research can be carried out using a wider sample in order to arrive at firm generalizations.Item Influence of Tamil language on indigenous medicine in Sri Lanka(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Peiris, R.M.; Samaratunga, U.; Kaldera, H.P.I.J.; Wewalwala, S.L.The indigenous medicine of Sri Lanka claims an archaic practice tracing its roots back to pre-Aryan civilization with a cultural heritage comprised of indigenous wisdom, religious concepts of Buddhism, knowledge of Siddha medicine and Ayurveda. The absorption of Ayurveda and Siddha medicine into indigenous practice was itself a historical event. These systems were gifted from India along with several waves of culture that passed over to us. Authentic indigenous medical texts have proven that the foreign remedies have been absorbed into indigenous medicine through the various nations migrated to Sri Lanka. This study was carried out to find out the influence of Tamil language on indigenous medicine. Vatikaprakarana, Ayurveda Pharmacopoeia, the book series ‘Talpate piliyam’, Deshiya Paribhashika Shabdakoshaya, Deshiya Cikitsa Samgrahaya, Vanavasa Nigantu, Sarasvathi Nigandu and Vaidya Chinthamaniya were used as the data sources in this study. The study revealed that the Southern Indian physicians who abided Sri Lanka between 17th and 18th century had written their remedies on Ola leaves in Sinhala language adhering to its pronunciation and some of them were written in their original Tamil form. Further, it was found that those words can be classified under different categories such as plant origin materials (Kuppameniya, Nochchela, Kuringnan), mineral origin materials (Sinakkaran, Elimarindu, Wellapashanam), diseases (Visappu, Vadan, Sanni), dosages (Manchadi, Mukkal, Kal) and preparations (Kulambu, Kayam). In addition, some Mantras used in traditional medicine also consisted of Tamil words. According to the study, it can be concluded that the findings mentioned in the studied indigenous texts explicate the influence of Tamil language on indigenous system of medicine in Sri Lanka.Item Phyllanthus niruri Linn grown in Sri Lanka: evaluation on phyto and physico-chemical properties of the whole plant(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Perera, H.A.R.P.; Karunagoda, K.; Perera, P.K.; Samarasingha, K.; Arawwawala, L.D.A.M.Phyllanthus niruri Linn is a small, erect annual herb belonging to the family of Euphobiaceae. It is widely distributed in Asia and used in the treatment of jaundice, asthma, hepatitis, diabetes, fever caused by malaria. Though it is commonly used in Ayurveda and traditional systems of medicine in Sri Lanka, very few scientific experiments have been carried out using P. niruri. Therefore, an attempt was made to evaluate phyto and physico-chemical properties of P. niruri grown in Sri Lanka. According to the results, 7.7±0.2% of total ash, 3.4±0.1% of water soluble ash and 0.9±0.0% of acid insoluble ash were present in the whole plant of P. niruri. Phytochemical screening reveals the presence of tannins, flavonoids, steroid glycosides, coumarins, saponins and cardiac glycosides in both hot water and hot methanolic extracts of P. niruli. TLC fingerprint profile of the methanolic extract of P. niruri consists of 8 and 9 prominent spots at 254 nm and 366 nm respectively. Heavy metals such as Cd, Hg and As were not detected in the P. niruri grown in Sri Lanka. However, 0.5 mg/kg of Pb was detected in the plant. In conclusion, these physico and phytochemical properties of P. niruri grown in Sri Lanka can be used as a reference standard for quality control of P. niruri grown in Sri Lanka.Item ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පැරණි අභිලේඛනවලින් හෙළිවන දේශීය වෛද්ය ශිල්පය පිළිබඳ අධ්යයනයක් (අනුරාධපුර හා පොළොන්නරු අවධි)(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Somananda Thero, KudawaweItem සාහිත්ය හා අභිලේඛන මූලාශ්රයවලින් හෙළිවන පුරාණ ලංකාවේ අභයදානය (අනුරාධපුර හා පොළොන්නරු යුගය ඇසුරින්)(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Kumara, M.A.P.Item පැරණි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ආයුර්වේද ඉතිහාසය (අනුරාධපුර හා පොළොන්නරු යුගයන් ඇසුරින්)(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Karunarathne, U.D.P.T.Item කෞටිල්ය අර්ථශාස්ත්රයෙන් හෙළිවන වෛද්ය ශාස්ත්රය පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයක්(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Harshani, P.G.R.J.N.Item ක්ෂේමේන්ද්රගේ චාරුචර්යා ශතකයෙන් පිළිබිඹු වන අයුර්වේදාගත කායික හා මානසික ස්වස්ථතාව පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයක්(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Silananda Thero, K.Item ආගමික කටයුතුවලට නැඹුරු වීම ගර්භිණී මව්වරුන්ගේ මානසික පීඩා අවම කර ගැනීම කෙරෙහි බලපාන ආකාරය පිළිබඳ සමික්ෂනත්ම්ක අධ්යයනයක්(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Bandara, W.S.D.S.; Wakkumbura, H.P.Item සමාජ පන්තිය පුද්ගල සෞඛ්යය කෙරෙහි බලපාන ආකාරය පිළිබඳ සමාජ විද්යාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්(Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Paknknasekara Thero, Mahakachchakodiye