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Mudaliyar
Thuluva Vellalar (Thondamandala Tuluva Vellalar), also known as Agamudaya Mudaliars and Arcot Mudaliars, is a caste found in northern Tamil Nadu, southern Andhra Pradesh and southern Karnataka, India. They were originally significant lando ...
Abraham Mendis Gunasekera (1869–1931) was a leading literary figure in
Ceylon. He had served as an Interpreter Mudaliyar to the Registrar General of Ceylon. Gunasekera produced a
Sinhalese
Sinhala may refer to:
* Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka
* Sinhalese people
* Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka
* Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language
** Sinha ...
grammar as well as Sinhalese-English and English-Sinhalese dictionaries.
[ Dharmadāsa: p327] He is the grandfather of the famous Sri Lankan construction engineer
U.N. Gunasekera.
References
Sources
A. Mendis Gunasekera: "A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sinhalese Language", 1891 (first edition), reprinted 1962, Sri Lanka Sahitya Mandalaya Colombo.
1869 births
1931 deaths
Sinhalese writers
Grammarians from Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan lexicographers
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