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Lakdhas Wikkrama Sinha. Lakdasa Wikkramasinha (Sinhala: ලක්දාස වික්රමසිංහ, 1941–1978) was a Sri Lankan poet who wrote in English and Sinhala, [1] and is known for his fusion of the two languages. [2]
Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශ (Mahāvansha), Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura. It was written in the style of an epic poem written in the Pali language. [ 1] It relates the history of Sri Lanka from its legendary ...
Chandraratne Dios Sooriyarachchi Mohotti, (19 June 1913 – 4 September 1964 as Sinhala: චන්ද්රරත්න මානවසිංහ) popularly known as Chandraratne Manawasinghe, was a Sinhala scholar, poet, philosopher and writer. [ 1][ 2] Considered one of the iconic poets in Sinhala poetry, Manawasinghe made several popular ...
Mahagama Sekera ( Mahagamage Sekera) ( Sinhala :මහගම සේකර / මහගමගේ සේකර ) (7 April 1929 – 14 January 1976) was a famed Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, translator and filmmaker. He is considered to be a groundbreaking figure in Sinhalese poetry and literature. [1] He is best ...
Kala Suri [1] Parakrama Kodituwakku, is a notable Sinhala poet. [2] [3] After the revival and experimentations of Sinhala poetry during the 1950s and 1960s, the 1970s were marked by the rise of several young poets including Parakrama Kodituwakku, Monica Ruwanpathirana and Rathna Sri Wijesinghe. His "Podi Malliye" (1972) was praised by critics ...
Chandas refers to the Vedas themselves. Lord Krishna refers to the Vedas as leaves of the tree of creation. Vedas being in verse-form (Chandas), also came to be known as Chandas. The term also refers to "any metrical part of the Vedas or other composition". Prose and poetry follows the rules of Chhandas to design the structural features of ...
Ghazal. An illustrated headpiece from a mid-18th century collection of ghazals and rubāʻīyāt. The ghazal[ a] is a form of amatory poem or ode, [ 1] originating in Arabic poetry. [ 2] Ghazals often deal with topics of spiritual and romantic love and may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation from the ...
The dreamer stands on the other side of the stream from the Pearl-maiden. Pearl is one of the greatest allegories from the High Middle Ages. [ 1] As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political ...