Studies, Historical and Cultural

Amsterdam ancient Anuradhapura Beschi betel boar Botany Brahmin bride bridegroom Buddhist called Catalogue catechism Catholic ceremony Ceylon Ceylon plants Chilaw Christian Church classical Colombo composed customs drama Dutch edited father feast fish rents fishermen Flora Zeylanica garden Government Governor grammar Greek hand Hatana Hermann Holy honour Island Jacome Gonsalvez Jaffna Jātaka JCBRAS Jesuit Joseph Vaz Kandy Kandyan king known Kotte language Latin learned Leyden Linneus literary lived Mahavamsa Mala Malaraja Mannar marriage Matara medicine missionaries monk Museum Zeylanicum nadagam Negombo Oratorian Pali Parakramabahu party Perera play poem poet poetry Portuguese pōruva prayers priest printed probably prose Queyroz Raja Rajasingha religious river Roman Rome royal sacred Sanskrit says sent Simon Cat Sinhala Sinhala version Sinhalese language Sinhalese Literature South India Sri Lanka story Tamil Taprobane translated verses wedding words written wrote