If we talk about the origin of Angam Shastra, there are different opinions. Most people accept that it originated from the era of Ravana and some say that it originated from King Tarubali (before Ravana).
☆ When we take the history of Angam Shastra, many people say that after the war of Rama Ravana, this might have been a distant fighting method...the reason for this is the loss of the teacher who was very skilled...After that, the two sons of Indra Jit (Ravana's son) Keveshasha And it is said that the two sons Ravishila fled to the two corners of the country and hid for a while and then again taught this to their disciples...hence the two oldest schools are called by their names...
☆ And very recently during the reign of Pandukabhaya, this was again handed over to two guru castes...
1. Sudaliya
2. Death
☆ These are the current two schools...there is no difference in martial arts...Sudaliya is the high country school and Maruvalliya is the low country school.
☆ The Portuguese came to Sri Lanka with guns and even guns, but they were unable to capture only the coastal areas of Sri Lanka...
☆ The English who came later became cunning and cheated the rich people of Ceylon and married in the embassies and slowly came to the middle of the country. Finally in 1815 with the signing of the Udara Treaty, Angam and Hela Vedanta met a bad fate.
☆ In 1815, they promised to protect Dalanda and to protect the heritage of Vedaka Hela, but the people of the country got ready for a rebellion when they learned that those promises were not fulfilled properly.
☆ After that, the British administration decided to ban the Angam martial art through a gazette...it was ordered to be taught and practiced.
☆ Because they could not fight with this martial art, they themselves understood that they will not be able to conquer the country until this martial art is wiped out... It is clear that they were afraid of our Angam Batas.
☆ However, at that time, they tried to kill famous Angam artisans by making false accusations and sending some of them to Mauritius to be poisoned.
☆ That's why Helen, who was afraid that even the safety of the tooth would be a threat, started practicing Angam Shastra as a dance art... Leekeli dance etc. was born after this... Here in the form of a simple dance about wood or short swords which are simple weapons used in Angam art. Trained...
☆ If we talk about these dances,
~ Vedi dance
~ lion dance
~ Leekeli dance
~ Tiger Dance
~ Life dance
~ bear's foot
It is said that they came secretly in the form of dancing...
☆ And it is said that in order to protect the tooth, Angam Batayan, who knows Angam Shastra very well, chose an elephant with a casket and danced eight on each side of the elephant in procession...there was a fact that no government official knew that the dance group was Angam Batayan...they are very skilled Angam artists. And the qualification for that was to be able to put a rope on the back of an elephant... so all eight of them can jump on the back of the elephant and run away with the sword in an emergency.
☆ Angam is anga kanga i.e. martial art done using body parts.
☆ It is sure that it is one of the deadliest martial arts in the world. This is also used for war itself, but it is a martial art that is used only for noble deeds.
☆ In Yakkakaurana, there is the following about this
"Subram mattha vatha tejantha nara katha ghana ranga tattha ravanah tejo lankesvarahta brahmandane angagataggha heralahtha"
☆ Angam grants can be divided into three parts.
1. Components
2. Ilangam
3. Mayaangam
☆ Apart from this there is one more part which can be seen mainly
4. Heva Angam
☆ There are many more sub-sections, an Angam Bata should have a good understanding of all these.
5. Magic
6. Nakshastra
7. Percussion
8. Choreography
9. Dermatology
☆ Almost all these points should be known by a skilled warrior. At least 2 Angam Batayos from a village are required every year for government service. When a male reaches the age of 25 years, he can study Angam Shastra and join the government service until reaching the final stage of Shilpa before the king. However, an Angam Bata must take an oath before entering the government service. There, engaged in religious ceremonies, his mother swears in advance.
"
Sihagiri Sirasa till dawn
Until the rebirth of Lankapura
Until the last drop of blood
Hela rana keliya surakimi until life
"
☆ They are accepted as the king's soldiers after swearing to protect Ranakeliya and to use this martial art only for a noble deed.
☆ Since one soldier is capable of fighting well for up to fifty years, every village must have 50 soldiers, two 25-year-old youths from each village.
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1. Components
☆ Angams are unarmed fights. This includes methods ranging from killing anyone without any weapons.
2. Ilangam
☆ Angam Bata is trained in fighting with weapons and escaping from the person with weapons.
3. Maya Angam
☆ This includes deceiving the enemy and bringing death to him without even touching it and using occult power, using mantra power for swords, etc., Nakshastra etc.
4. Heva Angam
☆ Heva Angam is a general thing that everyone can learn. But some say that this also belongs to the first category. Here, elephants are taught how to seat, tame, handle, leave the seat, etc. It is said that when two well-trained past Angam soldiers join forces, they can knock down a full-grown elephant.