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The dharmachakra (Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र, Pali: dhammacakka) or wheel of dharma is a symbol used in the Dharmic religions.It has a widespread use in Buddhism. [1] [2] In Hinduism, the symbol is particularly used in places that underwent religious transformation.
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LMD 100, dubbed as "Sri Lanka's Fortune 500", annually lists the leading 100 quoted companies in Sri Lanka. Only the top 10 companies are listed below. All revenue figures reported before the financial year ending 2024. [2] [3]
The Buddha Preaching his First Sermon is a stone sculpture of the 5th-century CE showing Gautama Buddha in the "teaching posture" or dharmachakra pravartana mudrā. [2] The relief is 5' 3" tall, and was excavated at Sarnath, India by F. O. Oertel during the 1904–1905 excavation season of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI); it was found in an area to the south of the Dhamek Stupa.
A Dharma Wheel with a lotus half-roundel and lion base, from Amaravati. The Dharma wheel (dharma-chakra) is one of the earliest Buddhist symbols. It is an ancient Indian symbol of sovereignty and auspiciousness (as well as the sun god Surya) which pre-dates Buddhism and was adopted by early Buddhists. [39]
CIC Holdings acquired 70% of stake of Unipower (Pvt) Ltd in 2017 for LKR238 million. [8] The company won the award for the most innovative research in the non-plantation agriculture sector in 2018. The award is conferred by the Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy, the apex body of agriculture research in Sri Lanka.
Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero (Sinhala: අග්ග මහා පණ්ඩිත බලංගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්රෙය මහා නා හිමිපාණන් වහන්සේ) (23 August 1896 — 18 July 1998) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who was one of the most distinguished scholars and expositors of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century.
Havelock City is a large mixed-use real-estate project in Colombo, Sri Lanka.The Residential component of the project consists of eight residential towers and the commercial component of the project consists of a 46-storey office tower and shopping mall built to international standards. [5]