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Department of Sinhala

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Dr. HMDK Ariyawansa

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Education

PhD in Sinhala

University of Peradeniya

2020

MA in Linguistics

University of Kelaniya

2017

BA (Hons) in Sinhala

University of Peradeniya

2014

Royal Pandit

Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka

2014

Current Positions

Lecturer - Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2019 - To Present

Positions Held

Lecturer (Probationary) - Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna

2015 - 2019

Temporary Lecturer - Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2014 - 2015

Memberships

Life Membership - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka

Life Membership - Alumni Association of The University of Peradeniya

Awards

Merit Award for Anthology of Poems - Godage Manuscript Competition

2019

State Literary Award for the Best Translation (Academic) in 2017 - State Literary Awards Ceremony

2018

Buddhist Literary Award for Translation (Academic) in 2017 - Buddhist Literary Awards Ceremony

2018

D. E. Hettiarachchi Memorial Prize for Sinhalese - University of Peradeniya

2013

C. E. Jayanayake Prize for Sinhalese - University of Peradeniya

2013

Jayantha Weerasekara Prize for Sinhalese - University of Peradeniya

2013

Publications

BOOKS

Sinhala Bhasha Sammathakaranaya: Sammatha Sinhala Kamitu Warthawa Pilibanda Kathikawa, Colombo: Vidarshana Publishers, 2021

https://vidarshana.lk/product/sinhala-basha-sammathakaranaya-සිංහල-භාෂා-සම්මතකරණය/

Bhasha Prabhedha, Colombo: Samayawardhana Publishers, 2018

https://www.kbooks.lk/Bhasha-Prabheda-Dilini-Ariyawansha

Sinhala Bhashawehi Kriya Prakruthi Wargeekarana, Colombo: S. Godage and Brothers, 2015

https://godage.com/product/sinhala-bashawe-kriya-prkurti-wargeekaranaya/

JOURNAL ARTICLES

"Sammatha Sinhalaya Padaka Kara Ganimin Lankadeepa Puwathpatha Osse Nirmanaya Wu Kathikawehi Swabhawaya", Sambhawava, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, 2021

"A Comparative Study on Semantic Roles of Karma and Karuma in Contemporary Sinhala Language" - Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies (SIJBS)Volume VII - Issue II, 2021

TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION OF BOOKS OF SCHOLARLY WORK

Sinhala Nama Padayehi Ithihasaya, Colombo: Sooriya Publishers, 2017 (Translation of "History of the Sinhalese Noun: a morphological study based on inscriptions" by Prof. D. J. Wijayaratne)

https://slbooks.lk/sinhala-nama-padayehi-ithihasaya

Conferences

2nd South Asia Conference on Multidisciplinary Research

Early Stages of the Imperative Mood in Sinhala Language (A morphosyntactic study based on the sentences between the 10th century and the 12th century)

Colombo, Sri Lanka

08. 11. 2019 - 09. 11. 2019

Creative Work

Kaluwata Kalu Nonisii, Anthology of Poems, Colombo: S. Godage and Brothers, 2019

Specialization

Sinhala Language

Research Interests

Language Studies

Classical Grammar

Linguistics