[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c27.1006 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1006 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1006 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.1006](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1006) The collection of Parittas is, to this day, more widely known by the laity of Burma and Ceylon than any other Pāli book, and is generally used in times of danger or of sickness, both individual and national. Thus, Sena II., king of Ceylon, made the community of monks recite the Paritta, and by sprinkling the water charmed with Paritta he made the people free from illness, and so removed the danger of plague from the country. He also decreed that this practice should continue every year.⁴ Kassapa V. is said to have had a Paritta-ceremony performed by the three fraternities of monks to protect his people from danger and plague and bad harvest.⁵ Bode says⁶ that in the days of King Anorata of Burma areas reciting the Paritta and sprinkling water. The ceremony is held on most diverse occasions such as the inauguration of a new house, the starting of a journey, of a new business, etc. For a discussion on the Paritta see Dial. iii. 180 ff.; also P.L.C. 75 f. - [Previous: v2.c27.1005](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1005) - [Next: v2.c27.1007](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1007) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1006](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1006) · Pramāṇa