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Mentha royleana is known by the English common name of Royle's mint, named for British botanist John Forbes Royle. [4] [5] In Pakistan, it is referred to as Jangli podina [6] [7] or simply podina or pudina. [8] Other attested regional names include: Kala podna [9] Nari Wailani [10] Safaid podina [11] Pahari pudina [12] Tulasi paate [4]
Mint: পুদিনা Pudina Shallot: পেঁয়াজ কলি Peyanj Koli Scallion: পেঁয়াজ পাতা Peyanj Pata Panch Phoron: পাঁচ ফোড়ন Panch Foron This is a Bengali spice mix that combines fennel, cumin, fenugreek, mustard and nigella Long pepper: পিপুল Pipul Bell pepper
In India, traditional mint tea called pudina chai (पुदीना चाय) is made by steeping spearmint or peppermint in hot chai. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Due to the high content of essential oils in leaves (1–2.5%), especially menthol , mint tea is popular for its curative effects.
Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhala: මධුර ඉංග්රීසි–සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය) is a free electronic dictionary service developed by Madura Kulatunga.
Guththila Kawya (Sinhala: ගුත්තිල කාව්ය, Anglicized: Guttila Kāvya) is a book of poetry written in the period of the Kingdom of Kotte (1412-1597) by Weththewe Thero. [ 1 ] The book is based on a story of previous birth of Gautama Buddha mentioned on Guththila Jataka in Jataka tales of Gautama Buddha.
In 1956, she contested for ‘Padya Gayana’ competition held at Borella YMBA, in which she won a gold medal. After winning the poetry contest, Radio Ceylon W. D. Amaradeva invited Nanda to take part in a song, she sang the song Budu Sadu written by Asoka Colombage and set to music by D. D. Danny on Karunaratne Abeysekera's popular program known as Lama Mandapaya on Radio. [6]
Sinhala idioms (Sinhala: රූඩි, rūḍi) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language. This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs , which are known as prastā piruḷu ( ප්රස්තා පිරුළු ) in Sinhala.
Baila (also known as bayila; from the Portuguese verb bailar, meaning to dance [1]) is a form of music, popular in Sri Lanka and among Goan Catholics in India. The genre originated centuries ago among the Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan Kaffirs. Baila songs are played during parties and weddings in Sri Lanka, Goa, and Mangalore accompanied ...