J B Disanayake

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Deshamanya Jayaratna Banda Dissanayake (Born 1937) is an Emeritus Professor and one of the leading authorities of the Sinhala Language. He is currently Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand ^[1]

Dissanayake received his primary education at Dharmaraja College, Kandy, secondary education at Ananda College, he graduated from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya campus in 1961. He would later received a Fulbright scholarship to the University of California, Berkley to read for a Masters in linguistics and obtained a PhD from the University of Colombo.

With a long teaching career of over 40 years as a lecturer of the University of Colombo, he is the author of numerous books on linguistics, culture and history. Prior to his retirement Dissanayake served in the capacity of the Head of the Department of Sinhala at the University.

Publication

• Lanka, the land of kings by J. B. Disanayaka

(Sumitha Publishers, Distributed by Sarasavi Bookshop, 2007)

• Understanding the Sinhalese by J. B. Disanayaka

(S. Godage & Bros., 1998)

• Siyalanga rū sobā by J. B. Disanayaka

(Goḍagē Pot Mandura, 1998)

• Banda vaṭā pada raṭā by J. B. Disanayaka

(s. Goḍagē saha Samāgama, 1996)

• Gamaka suvanda siv siya gavu ăsēya by J. B. Disanayaka

(s. Goḍagē saha Samāgama, 1996)

• Samakālīna Siṃhala lēkhana vyākaraṇaya by J. B. Disanayaka

(s. Goḍagē saha Sahōdarayō, 1995)

• Siṃhala bhāṣāvē nava muhuṇuvara by J. B. Disanayaka

(Saṃskr̥tika Kaṭayutu Depārtamēntuva, 1996)

• The monk and the peasant by J. B. Disanayaka

(State Print. Corp., 1993)

• Studies in Sinhala literacy by J. B. Disanayaka

(National Association for Total Education, Sri Lanka, 1990)

• Water in culture by J. B. Disanayaka

(Ministry of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs, 1992)

• Siṃhala budu samaya by J. B. Disanayaka

(Rajayē Mudraṇa Nītigata Saṃsthāva, 1991)

• Nūtana Siṃhala lēkhana vyākaraṇaya by J. B. Disanayaka

(Lēk Havus Invesṭmanṭs, 1990)

• Say it in Sinhala by J. B. Disanayaka

(Lake House Investments Ltd., 1985)

• Mihintale, cradle of Sinhala Buddhist civilization by J. B. Disanayaka

(Lake House Investments, 1987)

• Siṃhala vehera vihāra by J. B. Disanayaka

(Piyavi Pot Prakāśakayō, 1988)

• Aspects of Sinhala folklore by J. B. Disanayaka

(Lake House Investments, 1984)

• Uḍaraṭa Siṃhalaya by J. B. Disanayaka

(Goḍagē Pot Măndura, 2002)

• Paintings of Kelani Vihara by J. B. Disanayaka

(Godage Poth Mendura, 2004)

• Kălaṇi Vihāre situvaṃ by J. B. Disanayaka

(Goḍagē Pot Măndura, 2000)

• Mānava bhāṣā pravēśaya by J. B. Disanayaka

(Sumita Prakāśakayō, 2005)

References

Open libray[2] All about royalty in Sri Lanka[All about royalty in Sri Lanka]