|
|
Article: Personal names and names of places in Sigiri graffiti
- Article from:
- The Sunday Observer
- Article date:
- August 30, 2009
CopyrightCopyright © HT Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- Swasthi! Bathimi leemi
Hail! I am Bathee. I wrote this.
John Smith, they say is a name that a multitude of Englishmen carry it while Sanchez is said to be a very common name in Latin America. With all the uproar against the ruthless Portuguese conquistadors of the 16th and 17th centuries who pillaged and plundered our temples, that a good many of our countrymen, some very fervent Buddhists especially of the lowlands still retain names as Silva, Perera and Fernando seems almost ironical. What's in a name, you could again philosophize. Bandas and Bandaras make their teeming presence in the highlands. Some cynically bent on spoiling everything they come across see in ...