Chandana Jayawardana
Biographic Data
| ID | 6470710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chandana Jayawardana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chandana |
| FAMILY NAME | Jayawardana |
| SIGNATURE | JAYAWARDANA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Open University of Sri Lanka |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1748-2301 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bridging Ideology and Practice
Human interpretations and modifications of the environment are deeply shaped by the ideological frameworks of their respective communities. Instead of a singular concept of ‘environment,’ there exist multiple ‘environments,’ reflecting diverse human perspectives and practices. Water, as a vital resource for all living beings, has historically driven extensive environmental interventions. This paper situates ancient Sri Lankan waterworks within th…
Human Morphology and Medical Thought in Fifth-Century Sri Lanka
The global history of anatomy demands closer attention across different eras, regions, and intellectual settings, especially reaching hitherto under-examined territories. This paper addresses the issue by reconstructing the knowledge of human morphology that prevailed in Sri Lanka during the fifth century CE, drawing primarily on the Pāli Buddhist Commentaries compiled from early Sinhala exegetical traditions. By systematically organ-ising and an…
Geometrical Knowledge in Early Sri Lanka
This article addresses on history of mathematics (specially one of its specific branch, geometry) in Sri Lanka. Despite the large amount of research on the history of mathematics in India, China and the Middle East, that on Sri Lanka still remains limited. Sri Lanka had close relations with all these regions from ancient times and knowldge on mathematics should not be an alien subject there. This article tries to address the paucity of research o…
Colonial Impacts on Water Supplies
As a measure of reducing the foreign trade deficit and to augment the usable land for commercial plantations, nineteenth century British authorities attempted to restore the irrigation system that prevailed in Sri Lanka since the Early Historic Period. In so doing, neither the system components were subjected to any hydraulic engineering analysis nor the entire systems were studied in a holistic context. The open well structure, called bisokotuva…
Colonial Impacts on Water Supplies
As a measure of reducing the foreign trade deficit and to augment the usable land for commercial plantations, nineteenth century British authorities attempted to restore the irrigation system that prevailed in Sri Lanka since the Early Historic Period. In so doing, neither the system components were subjected to any hydraulic engineering analysis nor the entire systems were studied in a holistic context. The open well structure, called bisokotuva…
Geometrical Knowledge in Early Sri Lanka
This article addresses on history of mathematics (specially one of its specific branch, geometry) in Sri Lanka. Despite the large amount of research on the history of mathematics in India, China and the Middle East, that on Sri Lanka still remains limited. Sri Lanka had close relations with all these regions from ancient times and knowldge on mathematics should not be an alien subject there. This article tries to address the paucity of research o…
Colonial Impacts on Water Supplies
As a measure of reducing the foreign trade deficit and to augment the usable land for commercial plantations, nineteenth century British authorities attempted to restore the irrigation system that prevailed in Sri Lanka since the Early Historic Period. In so doing, neither the system components were subjected to any hydraulic engineering analysis nor the entire systems were studied in a holistic context. The open well structure, called bisokotuva…
Bridging Ideology and Practice
Human interpretations and modifications of the environment are deeply shaped by the ideological frameworks of their respective communities. Instead of a singular concept of ‘environment,’ there exist multiple ‘environments,’ reflecting diverse human perspectives and practices. Water, as a vital resource for all living beings, has historically driven extensive environmental interventions. This paper situates ancient Sri Lankan waterworks within th…
Human Morphology and Medical Thought in Fifth-Century Sri Lanka
The global history of anatomy demands closer attention across different eras, regions, and intellectual settings, especially reaching hitherto under-examined territories. This paper addresses the issue by reconstructing the knowledge of human morphology that prevailed in Sri Lanka during the fifth century CE, drawing primarily on the Pāli Buddhist Commentaries compiled from early Sinhala exegetical traditions. By systematically organ-ising and an…
Sri lanka (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 works) · Agriculture (1 work) · Agriculture, Water, and Health (1 work) · Alien (1 work)