''Guththila Kawya'' ( Sinhala: ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය,

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: Guttila Kāvya) is a book of poetry written in the period of the

Kingdom of Kotte The Kingdom of Kotte ( si, කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, Kottay Rajadhaniya), named after its capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Kotte, was a Sinhala kingdom, Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th cent ...

(1552-1551) by Weththewe Thero. The book is based on a story of previous soul of

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mentioned on Guththila Jataka in

Jataka tales The Jātakas (meaning "Birth Story", "related to a birth") are a voluminous body of literature native to India which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. According to Peter Skilling, this genre is ...

of Gautama Buddha. Guththila kawya contains over 511 poems. The book was written by Weththewe thero as a invitation and extolment of a minister called Jayapala, of the Kotte Royal Council (

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: VI Parakumba). The book has been written in the era of

(AD 1552-1551). Poems are explaining a great competition which happened between Guththila and Musila. Guththila kawya's poems have been inscribed with the same

rhyme A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually, the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. Most often, this kind of perfect rhyming is consciously used for a musical or aesthetic ...

s ( Sinhala: එළිසමය), alliteration words ( Sinhala: අනුප්‍රාසය) and various genres. From the first to 115th poems have been written according to Gee Viritha. Guttila Kawya has around 5 metres. Viz. Mahamegha Viritha, Savisimath Viritha, Solos math Viritha, Dolos math Viritha and Mahapiyum Viritha. Book has been mentioned how the competition day was held, Exaggeration has been used for this book without harming to the included information of original sources from Guththila Jataka to give a great taste for the book readers.

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ගුත්තිල කාව්‍යය නිසා රට හැර ගිය වෑත්තෑවෙ හාමුදුරුවෝ
{{Transitional period topics Poetry books Transitional period of Sri Lanka in fiction Transitional period of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan poetry Kingdom of Kotte 16th-century poetry

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