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Sri Lankan literature is the literary tradition of Sri Lanka. The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable number of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Tamil, Pāli, and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were very different ...
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. Guththila kawya ...
By the beginning of the 1960s, the Hela Hawula was the strongest force in the country in terms of the Sinhala language and literature. [11] At that time the 'Hela Havula' had branches not only in Ahangama, Unawatuna, Rathgama, Galle, Kalutara and Kandy but also in schools such as Mahinda College in Galle and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia .
Maratht Laghu Katha-Sangrah Marathi Short Stories Various authors 1992 Lachman Hardwani Yuga Jo Antu Yuganta: Marathi Epic Irawati Karve: 1995 Shyam Jaisinghani Chani Chani Marathi Novel C. T. Khanolkar: 1996 Laxman Bhatia ‘Komal’ Pan Chhan Jo Parlao Patjhar Ki Awaz Urdu Short stories Qurratulain Hyder: 1997 Hiro Shewkani Sindhi Adaba Jee ...
Wellawatte Arachchige Abraham Silva, popularly known as W. A. Silva, (16 January 1890 – 3 May 1957) [a] was a best-selling author of Sinhalese literature. Born in Wellawatte , Colombo , [ 2 ] his career began with his first novel, Siriyalatha , written at the age of 16 after receiving a formal Sinhalese education.
It is the largest-ever English-Sinhala dictionary in the history of lexicons in Sri Lanka, Ingirisi Sinhala Maha Shabdakoshaya. The dictionary claims to consist of more than 500,000 words. Of them, about 100,000 words are new entries – some of which the lexicographer coined or added, combing Sinhala classical literature or folklore.
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Sarachchandra started his career as a teacher at St. Peter's College in Colombo 4.He then joined the publishing company Lake House in an administrative position. 1933, gained admission to the Ceylon University College and offered Pali, Sanskrit and Sinhala for the first degree and passed out in 1936 with a first class and sat for the Ceylon Civil Service examination (because of his parents ...