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Heka (/ ˈ h ɛ k ə /; Ancient Egyptian: ḥkꜣ(w); [1] Coptic: ϩⲓⲕ hik; [2] also transliterated Hekau) was the deification of magic and medicine [3] in ancient Egypt. The name is the Egyptian word for "magic". According to Egyptian literature (Coffin text, spell 261), Heka existed "before duality had yet come into being.
This site may have been important in the competition between the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist traditions in ancient Sri Lanka. In Professor Senarath Paranavithana 's book The Story of Sigiri , King Dathusena is said to have taken the advice of the Persian Nestorian Priest Maga Brahmana on building his palace on Sigirya.
The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989. [3]
The complex was designed by Gemmu Fernando of the Design Group Five International (Pvt) Ltd [2] and constructed by Tudawe Brothers Limited. Construction of the three-storey 13,000 m 2 (140,000 sq ft) shopping complex, with 88 tenancies, developed around a central atrium was completed in 1991 and formally opened on 4 April.
Boralesgamuwa is a city on the Colombo-Horana Road about 14 km (9 mi) south-east of the commercial capital Colombo. The Boralesgamuwa junction was formerly known as Nagas Handiya. One of Sri Lanka's largest kaolin deposits is in Boralesgamuwa. The Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya is very close to the Boralesgamuwa.
Elpitiya is a town in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Elpitiya is easily accessible from the Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka). The city is located 3.8 km (2.4 mi) away from the Kurudugahahetekma Interchange. Elpitiya is also accessible from Colombo - Galle main road and is about 16 km (9.9 mi) from Ambalangoda.
On the other hand, the Sri Lankan hela wedakama tradition is a mixture of Sinhala traditional medicine, mainland āyurveda and Siddha systems of India, Unani medicine of Greece through the Arabs, and most importantly, the Desheeya Chikitsa, which is the indigenous medicine of Sri Lanka.
In 1975, the Buddhist monk Sumedhamkara claimed a Hindu temple had been built near the site and complained of damage done to the Buddhist ruins. [7] Further in the late 90s and early 2000s the separatist militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) used the area as a communication center and demolished a stony rock with six epigraphs to fix a LTTE radio transmission tower, the LTTE also ...