SWA+BHAAWA (NATURE): DEFINITION AND UNDERSTANDING / ස්වභාව: නිර්වචනය සහ අවබෝධය

K. Jayantha, R. G. Ariyawansa, U. Anura Kumara

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The amazing creation of nature is the result of millions of years of continuous existence. It tells a triumphant story about the adaptation of endangered species to a variety of environmental factors. Behind the natural phenomena that include all species such as animals, plants and planets is a dynamic invisible scene. This study explored the doctrine that underlies the active concept of nature. The need to understand what nature is in the long journey of discovering the definition of the concept of sustainability was the main motivation for this study. The objectives of the study were to 1. understand the concept of ‘swabhaawa dharma’ or ‘swabhawa’ (nature) through pada vibhaṁgakaraṇaya’ (word dissociation) method; 2. understand the concept of nature through synonyms; 3. understand the concept of of nature through dictionary definitions; 4. understand the concept of nature through experts' opinions; 5. understand the concept of nature through the ‘nirukthi’ method; 6. understand the concept of nature through findings by scholars and 7. understand the concept of nature by identifying the elements of nature. The study used a descriptive analysis methodology and a ‘sakaaya pada nirukthi’ method for data analysis. As the study data were available in the native language, that is, in Sinhala, the ‘sakaaya pada nirukthi’ method was used as the most appropriate methodology. Given this study’s nature, a novel technique called ‘vida darshanaya’ was successfully used to implement this study’s objectives. Finally, the study found that the concept of nature is mechanized on six components.

සොබාදහම නැමති විස්මිත නිර්මාණය වසර මිලියන ගණනක අඛණ්ඩ පැවැත්මක ප්‍රතිඵලයකි. නොනැසී පවතින ජීව විශේෂයන් විවිධ පාරිසරික හේතූන්වලට අනුවර්තනය වීම පිළිබඳ ජයග්‍රාහී කතාවක් පවසා සිටී. සතුන්, ශාක හා ග්‍රහලෝක ආදී සියලු විශේෂ ඇතුළත් වන ස්වාභාවික සංසිද්ධි පිටුපස ඇත්තේ ගතික අදෘශ්‍යමාන දර්ශනය කි. මෙම අධ්‍යයනය මඟින් සොබාදහමේ ක්‍රියාකාරී සංකල්පයට යටින් පවතින ධර්මතාව ගවේෂණය කරන ලදී. තිරසාරභාවය යන සංකල්පයේ නිර්වචනය සොයා ගැනීම නම් වූ දිගු ගමනේදී සොබාදහම යනු කුමක්දැයි තේරුම් ගැනීමේ අවශ්‍යතාව මෙම අධ්‍යයනය සඳහා වූ ප්‍රධාන පෙළඹවීම විය. ඒ අනුව, පද විභංගකරණ ක්‍රමය භාවිත කරමින් ස්වභාව ධර්මය/ ස්වභාව යන සංකල්පය අවබෝධ කර ගැනීම; ස්වභාව යන සංකල්පය සමාන පද ඔස්සේ අවබෝධ කර ගැනීම; ශබ්ද කෝෂ නිර්වචන තුළින් ස්වභාව යන සංකල්පය අවබෝධ කර ගැනීම; විශේෂඥ මතවාද භාවිත කරමින් ස්වභාව යන සංකල්පය අවබෝධ කර ගැනීම; විද්වතුන් කළ සොයාගැනීම් තුළින් ස්වභාව ධර්මය පිළිබඳ සංකල්පය අවබෝධ කර ගැනීම සහ සොබාදහමේ අංග හඳුනා ගැනීමෙන් සොබාදහමේ සංකල්පය අවබෝධ කර ගැනීම යන අරමුණු මෙම අධ්‍යයනය මඟින් සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන ලදී. අධ්‍යයනය සඳහා විස්තරාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණ ක්‍රමය සහ දත්ත විශ්ලේෂණය සඳහා සකාය පද නිරුක්ති ක්‍රමය භාවිත කර ඇත. අධ්‍යයනයට පදනම් වන දත්ත ස්වීය භාෂාවෙන් එනම් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් තිබීම මත සකාය පද නිරුක්ති ක්‍රමය, වඩාත් උචිත ක්‍රමවේදය ලෙස භාවිත කරන ලදී. ‘විද දර්ශනය’ නැමති ක්‍රමවේදයක් ද අධ්‍යයනයේ අරමුණු සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා යොදා ගන්නා ලදී. අවසානාත්මක වශයෙන් සොබාදහම නැමති සංකල්පය සංරචක හයක් මත යාන්ත්‍රණය වන බව අධ්‍යයනයෙන් සොයා ගන්නා ලදී.

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definition of swabhaawa (nature); nature; ‘sakaaya nirukthi’ / ස්වභාව අර්ථ දැක්වීම, ස්වභාව ධර්මය, සකාය නිරුක්ති

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