Talk:Sinhabahu

I'm regretting my ignorance, but cannot discern from the material presented whether this is being asserted as historic fact, fiction, mythology, religious history/myth, or a mixture. If anyone has a citation to provide some guidance to the reader, it would be appropriate to include it. I went to an internal link and it refers to a religious document but my brief scan didn't reveal any assertion of the historic or non-historic nature of the document. Accounting4Taste 21:40, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Request for changing these categories

 * 1) This is not a history of Sri Lanka. It's just a history of mahavansa book. So Categories: History of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan history stubs are need to change.


 * 1) Also the Sinhabahu story is a imaginary/religious story of the Mahavamsa book.


 * 1) Even though the Mahavamsa book says Vijaya came from Vanga (Currently Bangaladesh). So there were nothing any person in Sinhalese in Vanga. Also there is nothing any historical record about either Sinhabahu or Vijaya in Bangladesh. So it's very clear it is a imaginary/mythology/religious story. (Not History)


 * 1) //Sinhabahu (Sinha = Lion, Bahu = Hands) was father of Vijaya of Sri Lanka, the first Sinhalese King and king of Sinhapura.// There is nothing any historical record any place in the world; except Mahavamsa book. Please delete the line and categorized Sri Lankan Mythology and Mahavamsa book thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.103.247.206 (talk) 18:56, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * no. Rs  Ekanayake  17:50, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I agree with the Anon and remove the the line.Hillcountries (talk) 15:26, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

"except Mahavamsa book" That's more than enough to say it's a fact. Just because it doesn't exist in other places doesn't mean it's a mythology. Mahavamsa book is very important for sri lankan history. So saying it's a myth is an insult to sinhalese. Mahavansa says like this "සිංහබාහු රජුගේ පුත්වූ ඒ විජය කුමරු තම අනුගාමිකයන් වූ සත්සියයක පිරිවර ඇතිව ලාට රටින් පැමිණ ලක්දිව ගොඩ බැස්සේ ය. "එතුමා සොයා බලා කියවා දැනගත් කරුණු අනුව ලාට රට හෙවත් අද ගුජරාටියේ දකුණු පෙදෙසේ භාරුකච්ඡ නම් නැව් තොටින් (පසුකාලීනව බ්‍රොaච්) " Lata (ලාට) region means gujarat. NOT Bangladesh. https://mahamegha.lk/2012/05/29/mahawansa-14/ http://www.divaina.com/2009/12/09/feature04.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.134.77.189 (talk) 16:19, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Ashenlaksahan
Vh8huh 2402:4000:20C0:6356:D887:92CB:C20A:520B (talk) 07:42, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Sinhabahu
Sinhabahu 2407:C00:6006:69D3:1:0:DC01:24D9 (talk) 14:53, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

According to Mahavamsa, the origin of the Sinhalese a lion. But it is not an issue.
Rs Ekanayake  17:46, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) There is debate over whether the events that occurred in India were an Aryan invasion or a migration. Some believe that the Brahmins created the Indian caste system in order to eliminate racism among the various tribes of India, which was a multi-ethnic country. It is also suggested that the Mahavamsa was created to establish the Sinhalese nation and eliminate conflicts between the Sinhalese Yaksha Naga and Deva tribes. The Sinhalese have a story about their own origin and identity, and by the 4th century, they had a strong sense of their identity as a nation. The story of Sinhabahu, whose father was a lion, is significant because it suggests that the Sinhalese are not descended from any other race or ethnic group and have a distinct identity. The marriage between Sinhabahu and Sinha Sivali, who were brother and sister, further confirms this idea. It is believed that the Sinhalese race is descended from both the east and west coasts of India, as well as from the Shakya lineage of the Buddha clan. The Mahavamsa may have been created in order to link the Sinhalese nation to the Buddha dynasty and demonstrate the superiority of the Sinhalese nation.
 * 2) The Sinhalese place a great deal of importance on the discussions and dialogue among themselves concerning the identity of their group. Some African tribes claim to be descended from birds, which are examples of identity stories that are created when people begin to think of themselves as a tribe, nation, or ethnicity. The Sinhalese have been aware of their unique identity since at least the 4th century, and have their own distinct language that is not spoken in India. Sri Lanka is known as the "Lion Nation" in reference to this strong sense of identity and cultural distinctiveness.