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2. G. B. Senanayake - Wikipedia

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   P. B. Senanayake (nephew) Gunathilake Bandara Senanayake (14 July 1913 – 16 March 1985) (known as G.B Senanayake) (Sinhala: ජී.බී. සේනානායක) was a prominent Sinhala author who portrayed Sinhala middle-class life in his novels. He is credited with introducing free verse poetry to Sinhala. He became blind later in his ...

3. Mahāvaṃsa - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. 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 ...

4. Kumaratunga Munidasa - Wikipedia

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   Kumaratunga Munidasa. Kumaratunga Munidasa (Sinhala: කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාස; 25 July 1887 – 2 March 1944) was a pioneer Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) linguist, grammarian, commentator, and writer. He founded the Hela Havula movement, which sought to remove Sanskrit influences from the Sinhala language. Considered one of ...

5. Simon Navagattegama - Wikipedia

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   Simon Navagattegama [also spelled Nawagattegama] (September 15, 1940 – October 9, 2005) was a Sinhala novelist, Sinhala Radio Play writer, playwright and actor.. He is well known for his novel Sansararanye Dhadayakkaraya (Hunter in the wilderness of the Sansara) for its magical realism which is influenced by Buddhist mythologies, Mahayana Buddhist concepts and Freudian and Jungian ...

6. Hela Havula - Wikipedia

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   The Hela Havula is a Sinhalese literary organisation founded by Kumaratunga Munidasa in January 1941. [1] '. Hela Hawula' was formed as the only organization in Sri Lanka to protect and uplift the Sinhala language, Sinhala land and Sinhala culture. [2][3] 'Hela Hawula' has been recognized as a statutory body by the adoption of the Hela Hawula ...

7. Sinhala language - Wikipedia

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   Sinhala (Siṁhala) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan (Eḷu) word is Sīhala. The name is a derivative of siṁha, the Sanskrit word for 'lion'. [12] The name is sometimes glossed as 'abode of lions', and attributed to a supposed former abundance of lions on the island.

8. Sinhala script - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. The Sinhala script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. [3]

9. Category:Sinhala-language books - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Sinhala-language books" This category contains only the following page. ...