id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
caste-2494	Simpson, Bob; de Silva, Premakumara	Cultural Ambivalence: A Socio-Historical Account of the Berava Caste of Southern Sri Lanka	2025	23	.pdf	application/pdf	19791	762	65	This is how the tradition of ‘yaga’ evolved, first taught by Mahabrahma වමසිරිලක රජ පැමිණි නිරිවඳෝ යාෙ බමුණන් වෙන්නො අසිරි සලසන යාෙ කරුො නැෙත සත ට දන්නො විසිරි උන්වෙන් වබෝෙ පැෙවතන දැනුත් බමුනන් ඉන්නො අසිරිමත් උන් කවුද වසායමුය අඩඟු සිත් තන්නො Kings of this Sri Lanka, having invited Brahmins for yaga Having performed ‘yaga’ and letting the people know Some Brahmins still exist scattered, descending from them, Let us trace, who they are, focusing our minds It is really true; men in this world are the same As the reason, the actions of the ancient kings of this Lanka Some of them know of the Veda and were named respectable Brahmins, Those who committed much sin, were segregated as low castes සීරු වෙස්නා දනන්වේ කුල ෙනන කලක් වෙයි. More recently, Kapferer notes that in both urban and rural Sri Lanka, the Berava are viewed by other castes as close to the bottom of the caste order (1983, pp.	cache/caste-2494.pdf	txt/caste-2494.txt