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රු168.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-48-1
Author : Charith Amarasekara
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
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Language : Sinhala
Pages : 188 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.200
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Description : ශී්ර ලංකාවේ සමාජ ප්රශ්න
සමාජයේ සාමාන්ය ප්රශ්න වල සාමාජික වැදගත්කම ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන මෙම සමාජ විද්යාත්මක කෘතිය සාමාන්ය පාඨකයාට එල්ල කරමින් ලිහිල් බසින් ලියා ඇත. අලි ප්රහාර, අනුවේදනීය ඝාතන ආදී සමාජ ව්යසන ගැන කතුවරයා විමර්ශනකාරී කතිකාවතක් අරඹයි. -
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4. Zeylanica [Asiff Hussein]
රු950.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-40-5
Author : Asiff Hussein
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : English
Pages : 486 Size : 145 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.595
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ZEYLANICA. A Study of the Peoples and Languages of Sri Lanka
by Asiff Hussein
Publisher: Neptune Publications (Pvt) Ltd, Pages: 467 pp plus 39 colour plates
Price: Rs.2400
ZEYLANICA. A Study of the Peoples and Languages of Sri Lanka by Asiff Hussein is a comprehensive study of the origins of the peoples and languages of Sri Lanka.
The author has employed a multi-disciplinary approach in this work to trace the origins of the races which have made Sri Lanka their home over the centuries and millennia, adducing evidence from historical geography, physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and even the exciting new science of genetics.
The ethnic groups covered in this survey include both the major communities as well as minor groups who have made Sri Lanka their home over the centuries including the Veddahs, Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, Malays, Memons, Portuguese and Dutch Burghers, Kaffirs and Ahikuntaka.
He has also dealt with the legendary peoples who are supposed to have once inhabited the country including the Raksasas, Yakkhas, Nagas and Nittavo.
The author has gathered around him a vast corpus of information from ancient literature, research studies and field work, not only to substantiate established facts, but more importantly, has postulated some new theories which should stimulate further research and inquiry into this fascinating subject. The book is available at all leading bookshops.
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2. Sarandib [Asiff Hussein]
රු2,000.00Book Details
ISBN : 955-97262-2-6
Author : Asiff Hussein
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : English
Pages : 784 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 1.110
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Sarandib. An Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka
by Asiff Hussein
Publisher: Neptune Publications; pp:784; B&W & Colour Plates: 54, Price: Rs.2000
Sarandib, an Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka, now in its third expanded edition is a book every Sri Lankan Muslim home must have.
Written in a lucid style, it is the culmination of much research, inquiry and field studies on the society and culture of the country’s major Muslim groups, the Moors, Malays, Memons and Muslims of Indian origin who though of different ethnic origins, share the common faith of Islam.
The work is multi-disciplinary in scope and contains detailed information on aspects like ethnic origins, language, settlements, customs and traditions, dress and ornamentation, culinary fare, medical remedies, names and titles, occupations, social organization, ceremonial observances and religious and folk beliefs.
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3. Caste in Sri Lanka [Asiff Hussein]
රු1,500.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-35-1
Author : Asiff Hussein
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : English
Pages : 488 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.430
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Caste in Sri Lanka : From Ancient Times to the Present Day
Published by: Neptune Publications (Pvt) Ltd; pp: 420 pages with 20 pages of photographs. Available at all leading bookshops. Price Rs.1500
Caste in Sri Lanka. From ancient Times to the present Day covers Sri Lanka’s caste system as it exists, and existed among the different communities of Sri Lanka. It is a multi-disciplinary study taking into consideration historical evidence, folklore, onomastics and physical anthropology among other disciplines. It is by far the most comprehensive work written on the subject.
The topics covered include The Origin and Evolution of Caste, The Evolution of Caste in India, Sinhalese Caste Groups, Tamil Caste Groups and the little known Muslim Barber Caste known as the Osta. The Sinhalese caste groups dealt with comprise of no less than 25 distinct group, Tamil caste groups number over 30 distinct groups and there is the case of the solitary Moor Barber caste known as the Osta who practice circumcision.
The work is a treasure trove of information on this little known subject, dealing as it does with the origins, history, folklore, past and present settlements, traditional and contemporary occupations, clans, family names including patronymic ge-names and many other interesting aspects of the social life of each of these groups.
The book is a must-read for all those interested in the ethnology of Sri Lanka and the diverse peoples that make up this small but beautiful country.
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ශී්ර ලංකාවේ සමාජ ප්රශ්න
රු420.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-48-1
Author : Charith Amarasekara
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : Sinhala
Pages : 188 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.200
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Description : ශී්ර ලංකාවේ සමාජ ප්රශ්න
සමාජයේ සාමාන්ය ප්රශ්න වල සාමාජික වැදගත්කම ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන මෙම සමාජ විද්යාත්මක කෘතිය සාමාන්ය පාඨකයාට එල්ල කරමින් ලිහිල් බසින් ලියා ඇත. අලි ප්රහාර, අනුවේදනීය ඝාතන ආදී සමාජ ව්යසන ගැන කතුවරයා විමර්ශනකාරී කතිකාවතක් අරඹයි. -
වැව් බැඳි සිරිත්
රු360.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-30-6
Author : ජීවන සුරංග ගමගේ
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
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Language : Sinhala
Pages : 103 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.120
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Description : වැව් බැන්ඳි සිරිත්
වැව් සංස්කෘතිය ගැන ලියැවුණු සරල විග්රහයකි. වැව සමඟ බිහි වු උරුමයන් විද්යා වර්ධනය, ශිල්පීය නිපුණත්වය සහ සංස්කෘතික ජයග්රහනයන් කතුවරයා මනාව විස්තර කරයි.
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වැදි ජන උරුමය
රු2,400.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-08-05
Author : Priyashantha Gunawardena, Gamini Adikari
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
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Language : English
Pages : 392 Size : 210 x 297 mm Weight (kg) : 1.065
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Description : වැදි ජන උරුමය
වේගයෙන් නවීකරණය වන ශී්ර ලංකාවේ වැදි ජනතාවගේ උරුමය, ඉතිහාසය සහ සාමාජික තත්ත්වය ගැන දැනට නිකුත් කර ඇති පළල් ම කෘතියයි. ජීව විද්යාත්මක සහ මානව විද්යාත්මක දත්ත සහ පර්යේෂණ ප්රතිඵල දක්වයි. සෑම අධ්යාපන ආයතනයක ම තිබිය යුතු කෘතියකි. ප්රවීණ සංස්කාරක මණ්ඩලයක් විසින් ලියැවී ඇත. -
Caste in Sri Lanka
රු1,500.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-35-1
Author : Asiff Hussein
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : English
Pages : 488 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.430
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Description : Caste In Sri Lanka
By far the most comprehensive account of the Sri Lankan caste system, from ancient times to present day. A multi-disciplinary study of meticulous research. The author treats this controversial subject with scientific attitude.
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Sarandib
රු2,000.00Book Details
ISBN : 955-97262-2-6
Author : Asiff Hussein
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : English
Pages : 856 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 1.110
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Description : Sarandib
This is the most comprehensive account of the Sri Lankan Muslims. An intervention in to the much neglected aspect of Sri Lankan society. A varied, complex, history is told in an multi-disciplinary account of all aspects of their culture and individuality. A most important addition to the modern histriography of Sri Lanka.
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Zeylanica
රු950.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-40-5
Author : Asiff Hussein
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : English
Pages : 486 Size : 145 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.595
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Description : Zeylanica
Seminal study of peoples and languages of Sri Lanka. By far the most comprehensive, multi-disciplinary inquiry in to original and unity of peoples and languages of Sri Lanka. It covers history and ethnological background of peopling of the island. His findings contribute towards better understanding of national unity.
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සිනාලන්තය
රු480.00Book Details
ISBN : 978-955-0028-40-5
Author : Aruna Eranga Dissanayake
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
Printed by : Printel
Language : English
Pages : 210 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.265
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Description : සිනාලන්තය
සමාජ-විවේචක සහ උපහාසාත්මක සිනා කථා 270 ක් කතුවරයා එකතු කර ඇත. මෙය වර්තමාන සිංහල සාහිත්යයට නව එකතු කිරීමකි. සෑම මට්ටමක ම පාඨකයකුගේ සමාජ පරිනතභාවය සහ අවබෝ්ධය ඉහළ නැංවීමට උදව් දෙන නව පියවරකි. -
Leopards of Lenama
රු700.00Book Details
ISBN : 978 – 955 – 0028 – 16 – 0
Author : Pradeep A. Jayathunga
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Publisher : Neptune Publications
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Language : English
Pages : 130 Size : 148 x 210 mm Weight (kg) : 0.170
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Description : Leopards of Lenama
A new inquiry in to man-eating leopards of Punani. A fascinating account of a unique occurrence. The author convincingly argues that these leopards were in fact leopard-tiger hybrids , by tigers introduced to Sri Lankan jungles.