roj-n-.T r a & k Li. *1 1 iit DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS OF THE SINHALESE Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofprovOOjohn His Excellency Sir REGINALD EDWARD STUBBS, g.c.m.g. Governor of Ceylon DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS OF THE SINHALESE INCLUDING ALSO THEIR Adages, Aphorisms, Apologues, Apothegms, Bywords, Dictums, Maxims, Mottoes, Precepts, Saws and Sayings, together with the connected MYTHS, LEGENDS AND FOLK-TALES JOHN M. SENAVERATNA ASIAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES NEW DELHI ★ CHENNAI ★ 2005 ASIAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES * 31, HAUZ KHAS VILLAGE, NEW DELHI -110016 Tel: 2656-0187, 2656-8594 Fax : 011 -2649-4946, 2685-5499 email : [email protected] * 19, FIRST STREET, BALAJI NAGAR, ROYAPETTAH, CHENNAI - 600 014 Tel : +91 -44-28115040 / 9382293487 Fax +91 -44-28111291 email [email protected] www.asianeds.com Printed and Hand-bound in India in AES Price s?600.. :cial Price tor Sri Lanka only) First i uuiisiieu. Colombo, 1936 AES Reprint: New Delhi, 2005 ISBN : 81-206-1979-X Published byGautam Jetley tor ASIAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 31, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi -110 016. Processed by AES Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-110016 Printed at Chaudhary Offset Process, Delhi - 110 051