Extractions: WWW Virtual Library Sri Lanka Home Forum Tsunami Ethnic Conflict ... People Sri Lanka: Languages, Literature, Books and Book Reviews "Words have evolved with time, passing through various phases before assuming their present form. Sinhala is no exception. That the Sinhala language is an Aryan one and is related to other Indo-Aryan speeches such as Hindi and Bengali is generally well known. Less known, however, is the fact that Sinhala is distantly related to other major languages such as German, French, English, Russian, Persian and Lithuanian. The fact is that Sinhala is not only a member of the Aryan group of languages, but also of a larger linguistic group, the Indo-European family, which includes all the major languages of Europe, Iran and Southern Asia. The parent indo-European speech from which all these languages derive, was evidently spoken somewhere in Europe, probably Southern Russia, over 5000 years ago. " Sinhala Language The origin of Sinhala (The origin of the Sinhala language has been the subject of much controversy, and has lately provoked much debate. The Hela Havula movement's claim that Sinhala developed independently on Sri Lankan soil, sans any foreign influences, is not tenable considering the available philological evidence.) Evolution of the Sinhala Language (Sinhala, the language of Sinhalese, is ultimately derived from old Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit) through middle Indo-Aryan or Prakrit (whose best representative is Pali, the language of the Buddhist scriptures).)
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Extractions: Faxian (Fa-Hien, or Fa-hsien) (ca. - ca. Chinese Buddhist monk, who, between and travelled to India to bring back Buddhist scriptures. His journey is described in his work A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline The following is from the Introduction to the translation of that work by James Legge Nothing of great importance is known about Fa-hien in addition to what may be gathered from his own record of his travels. I have read the accounts of him in the Memoirs of Eminent Monks , compiled in A.D. , and a later work, the Memoirs of Marvellous Monks , by the third emperor of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1403-1424), which, however, is nearly all borrowed from the other; and all in them that has an appearance of verisimilitude can be brought within brief compass. His surname, they tell us, was Kung, and he was a native of Wu-yang in P’ing-Yang, which is still the name of a large department in Shan-hsi. He had three brothers older than himself; but when they all died before shedding their first teeth, his father devoted him to the service of the Buddhist society, and had him entered as a Sramanera, still keeping him at home in the family. The little fellow fell dangerously ill, and the father sent him to the monastery, where he soon got well and refused to return to his parents.
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Extractions: Wikipedia Fa-Hien or Fa-hsien . On Faxian's return to China he landed at Laoshan in modern Shandong province, 30km east of the city of Qingdao. After landing, he proceeded to Shandong's then-capital, Qingzhou, where he remained for a year translating and editing the scriptures he had collected. The following is from the introduction to a translation of Faxian's work by James Legge: Nothing of great importance is known about Fa-hien in addition to what may be gathered from his own record of his travels. I have read the accounts of him in the Memoirs of Eminent Monks , compiled in A.D. 519, and a later work, the Memoirs of Marvellous Monks , by the third emperor of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1403-1424), which, however, is nearly all borrowed from the other; and all in them that has an appearance of verisimilitude can be brought within brief compass. When he was ten years old, his father died; and an uncle, considering the widowed solitariness and helplessness of the mother, urged him to renounce the monastic life, and return to her, but the boy replied, ?I did not quit the family in compliance with my father?s wishes, but because I wished to be far from the dust and vulgar ways of life. This is why I chose monkhood.? The uncle approved of his words and gave over urging him. When his mother also died, it appeared how great had been the affection for her of his fine nature; but after her burial he returned to the monastery.
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Extractions: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Patna is one of the oldest inhabited places in the world with history of 3,000 years. The rich culture and heritage of Bihar is evident from the innumerable ancient monuments that are dotted all over the region. Patna is home of many tourist attractions. Bihar is visited by scores of tourists from all over the world all the year round. Around total 2,500,000 (2.5 million) tourists visit Patna every year. The documented history of tourism in Patna region dating back to 300s BC. Greek geographer Megasthenes (ca. 350–290 BC) visited the region in reign of Chandragupta Maurya . His observations were recorded in Indika Dionysius was son of Megasthenes , who visited Patliputra in reign of Ashoka the Great Fa-Hsien (ca. 337 - ca. 422) was a Chinese tourist who traveled to acquire Buddhist scriptures and take back to China between 399 and 412 Hieun-Tsang visited the sacred Buddhist sites in Magadha and spent much time studying at the great Nalanda University between 629 - 645.
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European Travel Accounts Of Asia - Bryn Mawr College Library Fahsien, ca. 337-ca. 422. Foe Koue Ki; ou, Relation des royaumes bouddhiques voyage dans la Tartarie, dans l'Afghanistan et dans l'Inde, ex cut , la fin du IVe http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/speccoll/guides/travel/asia.html
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