Sinhalese literature

Mayura Sandeshaya

Mayura Sandeshaya or the Peacock's Message (Sinhala: මයුර සංදේශය) is a Sri Lankan Sandesha Kavya (a standard Sinhalese poem) consisting of 168…

Amavatura

Amavatura (Sinhala: අමා වතුර) (lit: Ambrosial Water) is a devotional biography of the Buddha composed by Gurulugomi , a commentator and philosopher…

Milinda Prashnaya

Milinda Prashnaya , Milinda Panha also known as Sri Saddharmadasaya (Sinhala: මිලින්ද ප්‍රශ්නය/ශ්‍රී සද්ධර්මාදාසය), is the Sinhalese translation o…

Saddharma Ratnavaliya

Saddharma Ratnavaliya Saddharma Rathnawaliya(Sinhala: සද්ධර්ම රත්නාවලිය, රතනාවලිය) (also known as Ratanavaliya ) is an ancient Sinhalese text wri…

Thisara Sandeshaya

Thisara Sandeshaya or the Swan Message (Sinhala: තිසර සංදේශය) is a Sandesha Kavya from Sri Lanka containing a message from a Buddhist monk at Devi…

Nampota (Vihara Asna)

Nampota , also called  Vihara-asna (Sinhala: නම්පොත, විහාර අස්න), Nampotha, Nam Potha is an ancient Sinhalese text that lists the principal Buddh…

Pujavaliya

Pujãvaliya (Sinhala: පූජාවලිය) is a Sinhalese classic written in the 13th century. It was compiled by Buddhaputra Sthavira (commonly known as Mayur…