The Sidath Sangarawa: A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language

alliteration amongst amphibrach ancient Atthakatha beautiful blank verse Budha Budhist called Ceylon character composed composition consonants derived dialect doctrines elegant English European example expression ghalese Grammar guru Hindu Island Kaviasekare king lagu Lambrick Lanka letters literature Magadhi Mahawanso molossus native Niwana Pali and Sanscrit Pali language Pandit Parakkrama Bahu passage period poem poet poetical present priests prose Prosody reader reference reign Royal Asiatic Society Sangarawa Sanscrit and Pali says Sidath Singha Singhalese alphabet Singhalese language Singhalese scholars Sinhala Sinhala language sounds species specimen Sree stanza style syllabic instants Tamil temple thou translation Turnour unto Upasampada Veddas verb verse vide vowels whilst Wijeya words writer Yakhos دو وو ඇති ඔහු කතාව කර කල කියා කොට නම් නි න් මහ මෙසේ මේ රජ රා වන විසින් වූ සඳ හා