J. B. Disanayake Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Deshamanya Prof.
J. B. Disanayake
Birth Name:	Jayarathna Bandara Disanayake
Birth Place:	Sri Lanka
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
Alma Mater:	Dharmaraja College Ananda College University of Ceylon University of California, Berkeley
Occupation:	Academic, Ambassador
Spouse:	Kusum Disanayake
Children:	Madhubashini Disanayake - Samitha Disanayake

Deshamanya Prof. Jayaratna Banda Disanayake (born 16 April 1937) is an emeritus professor and one of the leading authorities of the Sinhala language.^[1] He was former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand.^{[2] [3]}

Academia

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

With a long teaching career of over 45 years as a lecturer of the University of Colombo, he is the author of numerous books on linguistics, culture and history.^[4] Prior to his retirement Dissanayake served in the capacity of the Head of the Department of Sinhala at the university.

Publications

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• Lanka, the land of kings by J. B. Disanayake (Sumitha Publishers, Distributed by Sarasavi Bookshop, 2007)
• Mānava bhāṣā pravēśaya by J. B. Disanayake(Sumita Prakāśakayō, 2005)
• Paintings of Kelani Vihara by J. B. Disanayake(Godage Poth Mendura, 2004)
• Kălaṇi Vihāre situvaṃ by J. B. Disanayake(Goḍagē Pot Măndura, 2000)
• Uḍaraṭa Sinhalaya by J. B. Disanayake(Goḍagē Pot Măndura, 2002)
• Understanding the Sinhalese by J. B. Disanayake (S. Godage & Bros., 1998)
• Siyalanga rū sobā by J. B. Disanayake (Goḍagē Pot Mandura, 1998)
• Banda vaṭā pada raṭā by J. B. Disanayake (s. Goḍagē saha Samāgama, 1996)
• Gamaka suvanda siv siya gavu ăsēya by J. B. Disanayake (s. Goḍagē saha Samāgama, 1996)
• Siṃhala bhāṣāvē nava muhuṇuvara by J. B. Disanayake (Saṃskr̥tika Kaṭayutu Depārtamēntuva, 1996)
• Samakālīna Siṃhala lēkhana vyākaraṇaya by J. B. Disanayake (s. Goḍagē saha Sahōdarayō, 1995)
• The monk and the peasant by J. B. Disanayake (State Print. Corp., 1993)
• Water in culture by J. B. Disanayake (Ministry of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs, 1992)
• Siṃhala budu samaya by J. B. Disanayake (Rajayē Mudraṇa Nītigata Saṃsthāva, 1991)
• Studies in Sinhala literacy by J. B. Disanayake(National Association for Total Education, Sri Lanka, 1990)
• Nūtana Siṃhala lēkhana vyākaraṇaya by J. B. Disanayake (Lēk Havus Invesṭmanṭs, 1990)
• Siṃhala vehera vihāra by J. B. Disanayake(Piyavi Pot Prakāśakayō, 1988)
• Mihintale, cradle of Sinhala Buddhist civilization by J. B. Disanayake(Lake House Investments, 1987)
• Say it in Sinhala by J. B. Disanayake(Lake House Investments Ltd., 1985)
• Aspects of Sinhala folklore by J. B. Disanayake(Lake House Investments, 1984)

See also

• Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats

External links

• Sinhala New Year - a celebration of life
• Suns of the Sinhalese
• New Year 2006

Notes and References

1. News: Sinhala Accepted As One Of The World's Most Creative Alphabets . . 2009-11-30 . 2013-10-20.
2. http://www.slmfa.gov.lk//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=478&Itemid=83
3. News: 300 Lankans left stranded in Bangkok. The Sunday Times. 2013-10-20.
4. News: Gleanings :The politics of language, race, religion and culture. The Sunday Times. 2013-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018122158/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/14/artscop02.html. 2012-10-18. dead.
5. News: J. B. Disanayake- 29 works . Openlibrary.org. 2013-10-20.