Talk:Yakgahapitiya

What’s the story behind of this village name ‘Yakgahapitiya’?

I believe it’s something to do with a historical (before 505 BCE) four different indigenous ancient clans lived in the this marvelous island of SriLanka. I as a proud SriLankan and also with referred to historical records, believes that ‘Yakka’ clan was inhabit in the mountains where they had used monsoon wind to mould iron. If we take; - the word ‘Yak(යක්)’ refers to ‘Yakka(යක්ක)/ Yakkha(යක්ඛ)/ Yaksha(යක්ෂ)/ Yakku(යක්කු)/ Yaka(යකා)’ means ‘Devils’ in English. - the word ‘Gaha(ගහ)’ refers to ‘Gasa(ගස)/ Ruka(රුක)/ Wruka(ර්‍වුක)/ Wrukshaya(ර්‍වුක්ෂය)’ and etc.. means a ‘Tree’ in English. - the word ‘Pitiya(පිටිය)’ refers to ‘Pittaniya(පිට්ටනිය)/ Talaya(තලය)/ Pradeshaya(ප්‍රදේශය)/ Bima(බිම)/ Polowa(පොළොව)/ Bhumiya(භූමිය)/ Kaaranaya(කාරණය)’ and etc.. means ‘Ground’. So my strong personal assumption is; this can be a simply revealing/carrying a hidden story of how the ancient Devils clan used their ground of trees to execute their purposeful needs, OR Devils clan had a specifically selected special tree in common grounds for chanting or prayers.

By the way, this is what I’ve guessed about the story behind the name of “Yakgahapitiya”. What are your thoughts ?

-by P.G.L.D.Navaratne Deshannavaratne7 (talk) 20:34, 11 December 2020 (UTC)