Pottuvil

Pottuvil or Pothuvil or Poththuvil or Pothuvila (Tamil: பொத்துவில், romanized: Pottuvil; Sinhala: පොතුවිල, romanized: Potuvil) is a town in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka, located on the eastern coast of the Island. It is situated 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the popular tourist destination Arugam Bay.

Pottuvil

பொத்துவில்
පොතුවිල
Town
Pottuvil
Coordinates: 6°52′0″N 81°49′0″E
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceEastern
DistrictAmpara
DS DivisionPottuvil

The romanized form Pothuwila and also Pothuvila are also common in English-language writings of Sinhalese writers,[1][2][3] and in many webpages.[4] Most sinhala newspaper articles and facebook pages refer to "Pothuvila", පොතුවිල.[5][6][7]

Pottuvil was affected by 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

The town's population in 2007 was 33,625.

History

This town is mentioned in the Pali Chronicle known as the Cūḷavaṃsa , and the Vanni Raajaavalaiya.[8] "Bodhivāla" is mentioned in the Cūḷavaṃsa (Chapter lvii,54) in the context of the Ruhuna (see: Principality of Ruhuna campaigns of Vijayabahu I, 11th century CE). Archaeologists like Ellawala Medhananda Thero,[9] and historians[10] have discussed the place name while Linguists [11] recognize the change of "b" to "p" and the clear evolution of the modern name "Pothuvila" from Bodhivāla. "Vāla" means "water" (or also periphery) in compound usage (Pali Text Society dict., p 610)[12] as in "Aalavaala"(Sanskrit), i.e, basin of water found at the root of a tree. "vāla" is also a type of jasmine, Pavonia Odorata grown in temples. "Vaala" also means circumference or periphery (c.f., chakravaala), and "Bodhivaal" could simply mean the region enclosing a Bodhi (c.f. Devaala).

See also

References
  1. Peiris, Kamalika (9 June 2020). "Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Part 6". Lankaweb. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2019/06/24/the-heroic-wadeehasinha-mohottiwatte-migettuwaththe-gunananda-thera/ |downloaded 16-11-20
  3. https://www.yumpu.com/id/document/read/10128036/ys-xld-mcddka-entertainment-home-page |downloaded 16-11-20
  4. e.g., https://dh-web.org/ |downloaded 16-11-20
  5. "පොතුවිල යතුරු පැදි අනතුරකින් අයෙක් මරුට". Lankadeepa. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. "පොතුවිල මුස්ලිම් පල්ලියක් පිටුපස ජංගම දුරකථන පිලිස්සූ පිරිසක් අත්අඩංගුවට". CitizenPost. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. facebook: https://m.facebook.com/digamadullabuddhistheritage/posts/517862621938944/ |downloaded 16-11-20
  8. https://biblio.co.nz/book/vanni-rajawaliya-vanni-royal-lineage-gananatha/d/125756652 |downloaded 16-11-20
  9. Pācīna passa-uttara passa năgenahīra paḷāta hā utura paḷātē Siṃhala Bauddha urumaya. (English: Buddhist Heritage in the Eastern province) Colombo, Sri lanka : Dayawansa Jayakody & Co., 2005
  10. , Kamalaika Peiris, op. cit.
  11. A. M. Gunasekera, A comprehensive Gramamar of the Sinhala Language, 1891, Reprinted: Godage International Publishers, Colombo. 2008
  12. PTS Dictionary, https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/ |downloaded 16-11-20


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