N.A. Jayawickrama

Professor Nicholas Abeydheera Jayawickrama , known as N.A. Jayawickrama (Sinhala: එන්.ඒ‍. ජයවික්‍රම) (1920-2012) was a Sri Lankan academic and Pali scholar. Life events Jayawickrama was born on 17 March 1920 in Kidamulla village in Hambantota District (Abeynayake, 2012). He completed his primary education at the Government School in Nakulugamuwa and secondary education at Mahinda College in Galle (Abeynayake, 2012). After that, he entered the University College Colombo and then obtained his BA Degree in Indo Aryan languages from the University of London in 1942 (Abeynayake, 2012). In 1944, he got an appointment as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Sri Lanka and in 1947 he obtained his PhD. Degree from the University of London for his work Sutta Nipata (Abeynayake, 2012; Kitsudo, 1914). He served at the University of Ceylon till 1973 holding various positions (Abeynayake, 2012). In 1973, Jayawickrama joined the University of Vidyalankara (present Kelaniya University) and work there…