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  • Rig-Veda from a Folk Perspective 
    Bhatta, N. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Rig-Veda (rgveda), the world’s earliest literary record is in Sanskrit [1700-1600BCE]. It represents an oral tradition called shruthi. The Vedic tradition deems the Rig-Veda as apaurusheya - divine revelations. Aninteresting ...
  • Right consumption - Samma Paribhojana 
    Dissanayake, D. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    At the time Buddha taught the people the Noble Eightfold Path, as the path leading to the cessation of suffering, there was no necessity for “Right Consumption” to be included. Today the biggest obstacle to the attempt ...
  • Rites and Rituals of Newaras of Kathmandy Valley 
    Malla, M. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The Newars are the indigenous people and the creators of the historical civilization of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. The Valley and surrounding territory have been known from ancient times as Nepal Mandala. Newars have lived ...
  • Rituals followed by “Newaras” of Kathmandy Valley 
    Malla, M. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The “Newaras” are the indigenous people and the creators of the historical civilization of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley. The Valley and surrounding territory have been known from ancient times as Nepal Mandala. “Newars” have ...
  • Rituals in Transition: Migration and Cultural Transmission 
    Papageorgiou, N. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Over the last years, a series of political and social changes have turned the research interest regarding the migrational phenomenon towards the issue of migrants’ culture. A set of factors, such as the enlargement of the ...
  • Road etiquette observed when passing a door at a Kadaim-doratu during the Kandian Kingdom 
    Perera, S. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Kandian Kingdom was divided into 12 parts and was ruled by twelve Kandian chieftains. The boundaries of these geographical areas were known as Kadaim and the door was the doratu only through which the people could pass. ...
  • Road network in Jaffna peninsula During the early 20th century 
    Vettivelautham, P. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Reaching to a place or migrating to place to place is very common feature in the human life. The passage for human needs had caused gradually to find the route system in the past. The culture and civilizations were developed ...
  • Road to Jaffna –Road to Reconciliation in Sri Lanka 
    Thalpawila, O.N. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    As a result of the civil war in Sri Lanka, the entire road network and many bridges in the Northern and the Eastern provinces had been destroyed or rendered practically unusable due to armed attacks and negligence of ...
  • The Road to Kandy: A bibliographical and historical study of Colonial and Post-Colonial accounts 
    Dehigama, K. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    A considerable body of literature highlights that the survival of Kandyan Kingdom from western invasion was mainly caused by geographical barriers and ancient travel rules and procedures practiced. Thus, the construction ...
  • The role of brand elements in destination branding by using heritage (A critical study on Sri Lankan tourism taglines and logos) 
    Yohani, A.K. D. T. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    This research study evaluates the contribution of commonly used symbolic brand elements namely destination name, logo and tagline in organized tourism industry in Sri Lanka by using heritage as soft power to the establishment ...
  • Role of Buddhism and Jainism in promoting Peace and Harmony: An appraisal 
    Jain, A.K. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)
    The quintessential facets where Buddhism and Jainism converge are their emphasis on peace and harmony; both interse the follower and vis-à-vis the follower with the rest of the universe. The main propagators of the two ...
  • Role of Hastyadhyakṣa in Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra 
    Hota, K.N. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    In Kauṭilya’s administration the King was the Head of State and he appointed officials through a stringent procedure of selection, and only the deserving ones were finally selected and appointed by him for different ...
  • Role of Koothu performance in the process of community building 
    Vivanantharasa, T. (Staff Development Center, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    Background and rationale:Koothu is the traditional theatre of the Tamils of Sri Lanka and currently it is in practice in the different layers of the society (Jeyasangar, 2003).Even though the war affected the people a lot ...
  • Role of museums in Depicting history of cultural heritage of Pakistan 
    Bano, Sha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Ancient history of Pakistan is spanned over millions of years. Evidence of human activity in the past can be traced from Stone Age to famous Indus valley civilization and then there is a series of foreign invasions, one ...
  • Role of Religious Leaders in Post -War Peacebuilding: An Analysis of John Pol Lederarch’s Peace Building Pyramid 
    Herath, O. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    A post war period is the interval immediately following an end of a war. The end of a war is generally expected to be followed by an end to collective violence. However, post war societies often consist of certain generic ...
  • The Role of the Bhikkus in Ancient Sri Lanka and Bhikkhu Katikavat in Inscriptions 
    Ranasinghe, S.K. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)
    Some stone inscriptions of the late Anuradhapura period have been categorized as codes of disciplinary rules for the perpetuation of the Buddha Sasana. The kings, in order to protect the Buddha Sasana worked for the ...
  • The Role of the Media in the Promotion of Sri Lankan Cultural Tourism 
    Priyangana, T.D.S.G. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Cultural tourism is the subset of tourism concerned with a country or region’s culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those people, their art, architecture, religion ...
  • The Role of the Ox As a Local Mode of Traditional Transport (An Investigation through folksongs) 
    Perera, A.L.N.P. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    One of the milestones and landmarks of human evolution is the domestication of animals. The significant feature of this process which began some 1500 years ago was that the ox which was tamed and domesticated has been of ...
  • Role of the “Soft Power” of a Museum 
    Widyarathne, Sanjeewani (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Joseph Nye introduced the concept of "soft power" in late 1980s. According to Nye, this is the ability to shape the preferences of others through appeal and attraction. Further he explained the currency of “Soft Power” is ...
  • Rule-Consequentialist Reading of Theravada Buddhist Ethics: Interpretative Issues 
    Pannaloka Thero, Wadinagala (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

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