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Govigama (also
known as Goyigama, Govikula, Govi
Vansa or Goyi Vansa) is a
Sinhalese caste found in Sri Lanka. They form
approximately half of the Sinhalese...
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Although large agricultural landlords belonged to the
Govigama caste, many now may not own land. Most
Govigama were
however ordinary farmers and
tenants as absolute...
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traditional occupation of
Govigama and
Bathgama was
agriculture under Sri Lanka’s
feudal land
tenure system. But
Govigama and
Bathgama both communities...
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higher ordination only to the
Radala and
Govigama caste,
Sitinamaluwe Dhammajoti (Durawa)
being the last non-
Govigama monk
receive his upasampada. This was...
- and a sub-caste of the
Govigama caste.
Found in the
highlands and the
maritime provinces but now
mostly merged into the
Govigama caste. Ryan
Bryce 1953...
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South Indians and Bengalis.
About half of the
Sinhalese po****tion are
Govigama. Of the
three native tribes, it is
believed that the Dewa are part of the...
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newly created Siam
Nikaya succeeded in
restricting upasampada only to the
Govigama caste. It was a
period when the
traditional nobility of the
Kingdom of...
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Mudiyanselage Palingumanike Manamperi, as the
eldest in a middle-class
Kandyan Govigama Sinhala Buddhist family living on the
outskirts of the then
Udunuwara parliamentary...
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Kshatriya Solar Dynasty,
which is
quite common among Karava, even
Govigama Names.
Arnolis Weerasooriya (1854-1888),
first Ceylonese Colonel, and Sinhalese...
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issued a
decree stating that only
those of the
govigama caste could join the Siam Nikaya, and
those non-
govigama bhikkhus which did
exist were
exiled or prevented...
