Weerasooriya Explained
Weerasooriya වීරසූරිය |
Pronunciation: | virasūriya |
Meaning: | Brave Hero + Solar Dynasty |
Region: | Sri Lanka |
Language: | Sinhala |
Language origin: | Sanskrit |
Origin: | South Asia |
Weerasooriya (Sinhala; Sinhalese: වීරසූරිය|translit=virasūriya) is a Sinhalese surname, with origins tracing back to South of Sri Lanka. The word Weera means brave or hero, and sooriya is meant to denote the ancestry and descent from the Kshatriya Solar Dynasty, which is quite common among Karava, even Govigama Names.[1] [2] [3]
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Notes and References
- Book: Raghavan, M. D.. The Karāva of Ceylon: Society and Culture. 1961. K.V.G. De Sīlva. 5, 13, 195. en.
- Bayly, S. (1983). Caste Conflict and Elite Formation: The Rise of a Karāva Elite in Sri Lanka, 1500–1931. By Michael Roberts. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1982. Journal of Public Policy, 17(3), 519–527.
- Bartz F. Fischer Auf Ceylon Ein Beitr. Zur Wirtschafts- U. Bevölkerungsgeographie D. Ind. Subkontinents. Bonn: Dümmler in Komm; 1959.