Athetha wakya deepanya, or, A collection of Sinhalese proverbs, maxims, fables

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by  Mendis Senaka Alexander.

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PREFACE.
The following work isa collection ofproverbs,
maxims, fables etc. (current at the present day
amongthe Sinhalese), the majority ofwhich have
heen handed downorally from time immemorial.
A few however are of recent introduction as is
evidenced by their form, though their origin is
beyond therenijmbrance of thatmythicalperson-
age, "the oldest inhabitant."
The present work is substantially thesame as
the "Athethi wakya deepenya" published by my
late lamented father A. Mendis Mudaliyar. A con-
siderable amountofnew matterhas been added in
the presentwork besides an English translation
and afew notes intended to explain obsolete
terms, allusions to antiquated customs &c. which
arenot known tothe generality ofreaders.
Ourreaders will findthat severalproverbs &c.
have been left untranslated. This has been the
case with those which lose their pointand beauty
when translated into English and thu3 appear
either utterly tame or entirely meaningless to
onewhoisunabletoread the Sinhalese original.
Additions made in the proofs have for the most
part no English translation subjoined.
It is hardly necessaryto tell ourreaders that
many Sinhalese proverbs owe their beauly to
alliterations, puns, &c. which cannot be exhibited
in an English translation. As instance* w*3 inaj
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give the following
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An observing reader will see that most of
ihe proverbs mentioned in the following pages
have their equivalents in other languages. For
instance c*g«5 §><305><3>©5 ^wa^D 8&$*&&!&)£,,
exactly corresponds to the English proverb, A
new broom sweeps well; CIO' tS3L& £<§9 sz&&)
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€02S<3 S^i^^Wj 0^iDS is equivalent to the
Latin, "Bastions expectat dumdefluat amnis."
The compiler cannot be too sensibleof the
many defects aud imperfections of the present
work. He however hopes that an indulgent
public willover-look them and extend tohim the
same degree of encouragement and patronage as
was accorded to his father.