Editing Adam's Bridge (section)

==Etymology==
[[Ibn Khordadbeh]]'s ''[[Book of Roads and Kingdoms (ibn Khordadbeh)|Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik]]'' ({{circa|850}}) refers to the structure as ''Set Bandhai'' (lit. Bridge of the Sea).<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ceylonagenerald02suckgoog|title=Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical. Containing the Most Recent Information|last=Suckling|first=Horatio John|date=1876|publisher=Chapman & Hall|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ceylonagenerald02suckgoog/page/n80 58-59]|language=en}}</ref> The name Adam's Bridge appeared probably around the time of [[Al-Biruni]] ({{circa|1030}}).<ref name=":3" /> This appears to have been premised on the [[Islam]]ic belief that [[Adam's Peak]] — where the biblical [[Adam]] fell to earth — is located in Sri Lanka, and that Adam crossed over to peninsular India via the bridge after his expulsion from the [[Garden of Eden]].<ref name="Ricci">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3OsbFW2KWtEC&pg=PA136|title=Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia|last1=Ricci|first1=Ronit|date=2011|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226710884|page=136}}</ref>

The ancient Sanskrit epic ''[[Ramayana]]'' (8th century BCE–3rd century CE) mentions [[Rama Setu (Ramayana)|a bridge]] constructed by the god [[Rama]] to reach the island [[Lanka]] and rescue his wife [[Sita]] from [[Ravana]]. In popular belief, Lanka is equated to present-day Sri Lanka and the bridge is described as "Rama's Setu".<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Henry |first=Justin W. |date=2019 |title=Explorations in the Transmission of the Ramayana in Sri Lanka |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00856401.2019.1631739 |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |language=en |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=732–746 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2019.1631739 |issn=0085-6401 |s2cid=201385559|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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|quote= "... his General, the Prince of Satyrs, was named Hanumat, or ''with high cheek-bones''; and, with workmen of such agility, he soon raised a bridge of rocks over the sea, part of which, say the ''Hindus'', yet remains; and it is, probably, the series of rocks, to which the ''Muselmans'' or the ''Portuguese'' have given the foolish name of Adam's (it should be called Ráma's) bridge." |author= [[William Jones (philologist)|William Jones]]|source= [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=dO5OAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA55 On the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India]}}