Scholars identify the Theravāda form of Buddhism that grew in Sri Lanka as Sinhala Buddhism. The adjective Sinhala is both a reference to an ethnic group—Sinhala people, the majority population in Sri Lanka—and to an Indo-European language—Sinhala, spoken by the Sinhala public. Thus, Sinhala Buddhism has two meanings—Buddhism in the Sinhala language and Buddhism practiced by the Sinhala people.
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Sinhala Buddhism 218 Notes 219 Fields of Entries 220 Anthropological Studies on Sinhala Buddhism 220 Baõa: Buddhist Preaching 223 Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Catalogues of Sinhala Manuscripts 224 Buddhism, Society, and Sinhala Culture 226 The History of Buddhism in Sri Lanka 229 Inscriptions and Historical Writings 232 Mahàyàna Buddhism in Sri Lanka 233 Paritta: Buddhist Protection Rituals 236 Protestant Buddhism 237 Sinhala Buddhism and Ethnicity 239 Sinhala Buddhist Rites and Rituals 241 Sinhala Literature 243 Sri Lankan Buddhist Sagha 247 Theravàda Buddhism 251 Women in Sinhala Buddhism 255
