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Item Indigenous Medicine for Snake Bites in Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Sri Lanka(Reviewing International Encounters 2018,The Research Center for Social Sciences (RCSS), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Abayarathne, A.H.M.H.Palm leaf manuscript culture in Sri Lanka has a long history. According to Sri Lankan chronicles which were composed around 5th century A.C.E. writing on palm leaves started in the 1st century B.C.E, as mentioned in those chronicles, during the reign of King Vaṭṭagāṃani Abhaya (89-77 B.C.E)' Buddhist monks used palm leaves to inscribe the doctrine of the Buddha. In the later periods, in addition to religious texts, secular subjects were also written on palm leaves, like indigenous medical practices, astrology, palmistry" literature and various kinds of black magic. Indigenous medical practices included medical treatments for human beings as well as animals. Ailments such as diarrhea, vomiting, snakebites, fever, and mental disorders were commonly treated using indigenous medicines. A large number of PLMSRL covers the treatments for snake bites. As an agricultural society even today there are a considerable number of deaths by snake bites. So the situation in the past was very serious. There are various methods for cure of snake bites using indigenous medicine of various kinds. The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka has established a Palm Leaf Manuscript Study and Research Library (PLMSRL) to preserve those manuscripts, especially to preserve manuscripts that are damaged due to various causes. Currently, there are more than 3000 (800,000 images) manuscripts preserved by this library. This research present study was carried out by using these manuscripts. The methodology used for this research is to examine those manuscripts thoroughly and the main objective is to recognize the major areas of the indigenous knowledge which prevailed for more than twenty centuries throughout the history of Sri Lanka.Item Use of Astrology with Special Reference to Ibbagamuwa Divisional Secretarial Division(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Gunaratne, W.G.G.P.The main purpose of this paper is to study the use of astrology in the community life selecting a sample of people living four gramniladare divisions in Ibbagamuwa Divisional Secretarial Division. For primary data collection, a questionnaire and interview method used, followed by observation. It was identified that people were very anxious to go behind astrology when they face troubles and are unhappy. Certain category of people tend to not care very much the astrology, however they use astrology for marriageable purposes. It can be concluded majority of Sinhalese do not accept astrology as true source however many people do not reject also. Moor community did not use astrology. Since people use astrology for their day to day work, time has come to take step to save this national cultural heritage and suggestions are make to include this for future curriculum development at School and University level.