Sinhalese - Sinhalajin (English spelling)

Japanese: シンハラ人 - シンハラじん(英語表記)Sinhalese
Sinhalese - Sinhalajin (English spelling)
The majority ethnic group in Sri Lanka. The name means "descendants of the lion" in Sinhalese. The population is 10.99 million (1981), accounting for 74% of the total population of 14.85 million. In the Mahavansa (Great Royal History) of the Sinhalese dynasty, written around the 5th century, Vijaya, the eldest son of King Sinhabahu, who killed his father, the lion (Sinha = lion), in northern India and took the throne, was banished from his home country with 700 of his subordinates and washed up on the island of Sri Lanka. It is said that Shakyamuni entered nirvana on the same day, emphasizing the connection between the Sinhalese dynasty and Buddhism.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
スリランカの多数民族。名称はシンハラ語で〈獅子の子孫〉を意味する。人口は1099万(1981),総人口1485万中74%を占める。5世紀ころに記されたシンハラ王朝の《マハーバンサ(大王統史)》では,北インドで父親のライオン(シンハ=獅子)を殺して王位についたシンハバーフ王の長男ビジャヤVijayaが,700名の部下とともに母国から追放され,スリランカ島に漂着した。同じ日に釈迦が涅槃に入ったとされ,シンハラ王朝と仏教との結びつきが強調されている。

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