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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr PERERA" data-source="post: 6482232" data-attributes="member: 176031">Ten Giant WarriorsNandimithraNandhimitra perhaps the most well known of the ten giant warriors,  was the nephew of Mitta, a well known strong great general in King  Dutugemunu’s army – and was named after his uncle. As a young child  Mitta was tied to a mill-stone to stop him from wandering off, but  endowed with great strength the young boy was able to drag the heavy  mill-stone behind him – thus earning the name Nandhimitra. The Mahãvamsa  narrative suggests Nandhimitra had subsequently travelled to Rohana to  serve a king who worshipped the noble triple gem (Mahãvamsa, chapter 23,  verse 4-15)– a supposition that has been questioned by scholars, who  argued Elera himself, despite his Tamil heritage, had been a patron of  the Buddhist temples (De Silva , 2005). SuranimalaAccording to the Mahãvamsa (chapter 23, verse 16-44) Nimala was the  seventh son of a village headman named Samgha, in the village of  Khandakavitthika in the Kotthivala district. As a young man Nimala was  sent to the service of prince Dighabaya – King Kavavannatissa’s son from  a lesser queen. Dighabaya who was in charge of Kacchakatittha send  Nimala on an errand to a Brahman named Kundali, who lived near the  Cetiya mountain in the Dvaramandala village. Nimala marched the great  distance of more than eighteen yojanas form Kacchakatittha to  Dvaramandala, then from there to Anuradhapura to bath in the Tissa tank  and back to his master the prince at Kacchakatittha, fetching the  precious punnavaddhana garments gifted by the Brahmin, in just one day.  Nimala was thus named Sura-nimala.MahasonaAccording to the Mahãvamsa (chapter 23, verse 45-48) the giant  warrior Mahasona was born, the eighth son of Tissa, in the village of  Hundarivãpi in the Kulumbari district. At the age of ten the young boy,  then named Sona is said to have been strong enough to up-root ‘great  palm-trees’, and in time gain the strength of ten elephants. GotayimbaraAccording to the Mahãvamsa (chapter 23, verse 49-54) Gothaimbara was  born, the seventh son of Mahanaga, in the village of Nitthulavitthika in  the Giri region. The chronicle says the young boy, Gothaka, named for  his ‘dwarfish’ stature had single-handedly torn up a forest of Imbara  trees and leveled the ground, thus earning the name Gotha-imbara. Image:Gota.jpg|Caption1 TheraputthabhyaBorn the son of a householder named Rohana, the headman of the  village Kitti near the Kota mountain, Gothabhaya as a child of ten or  twelve, was able to throw rocks that could only be lifted by four or  five grown men. Gothabhaya’s father Rohana, was supporter of the thera  (buddhist monk) Mahasumma, and on hearing a discourse of the thera at  the pabbata-vihara, attained the first stage of enlightenment –  sothapanna. Rohana subsequently ordained as a monk and in time an  arahath – thus Gothabhaya became known as Thera-putt-abhya, abalya the  son (putta) of the Thera (Mahãvamsa, chapter 23, verse 55-63). MahabharanaAccording to the Mahãvamsa (chapter 23, verse 64-67) Bharana was born  in the village of Kappakandara, to a man named Kumara. As a young boy  of ten or twelve Bharana was said to be able to chase after hares in the  forest and crush them under his feet, and later aged sixteen he was  said to out run and hunt antelope, elk and boar, thus being recognized  great warrior. VelusamannaThe warrior Velusamanna was born the son of a house holder named  Vasabha, in the Kutumbiyangana in the Giri district, and was named after  his friends Vela and Sumana – who was the governor of Giri. Young  Velusamanna was able to ride a Sindhu (Saindhava – form the Indus  country) horse belonging to the governor, a beast that would not let any  man ride him. Velusamanna not only broke the beast but galloped in  circles so fast that he made it appear a chain of riders (Mahãvamsa,  chapter 23, verse 68-77). KhanjadevaAccording to the Mahãvamsa (chapter 23, verse 78-81), he was born  Deva, the youngest son of Abhaya of the Mahisadonika village in the  Nakulanaga district. He was later dubbed Khanjadeva as he limped a  little. The young man was able to chase great buffaloes, grasp them by  their legs, whirl them over his head and dash them on the ground. PhussadevaAccording to the Mahãvamsa (chapter 23, verse 82-89) Phussadeva was  born the son of Uppala in a village named Gavita near the Cittalapabbata  temple. As a young boy visiting the temple Phussadeva is said to have  been able to blow conch shells so loud they sounded like thunder, thus  being named Ummadaphussadeva. Subsequently Phussadeva became a renowned  archer who never missed his mark. LabhiyavasabhaVasabha was born, the son of the house holder Matta, in the village  of Viharavapi, near the Tuladhara mountain, and was named Labhiyavasabha  – vasabha the gifted, on account of his noble physique. At the age of  twenty it is said Vasabha had single-handedly moved such masses of earth  that could only be moved by a dozen men to build the Vasabha tank with  relative ease (Mahãvamsa, chapter 23, verse 90-95).<img src="http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/03/30/z_jun-p16-Dutugemunu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/03/16/jun08.4.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/03/16/jun08.5.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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