Bandāra Explained

A Bandâra was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of premodern Sri Lanka. A Bandâra was the sons of a chief in the Sinhala Kingdom.

Other

In the Sinhalese Buddhist faith, the Bandāra deviyō are a group of guardian deities.^[1]

See also

• Radala
• Sri Lankan titles

References

Bibliography

• Ekanâyaka . A. de Silva . On the Form of Government under the Native Sovereigns of Ceylon . The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland . 1876 . 8 . 2 . 297–304 . 25207732 . 10.1017/S0035869X00016713 .
• Book: Knox . Robert . Paulusz . J. H. O. . An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon . 1989 . Tisara Press . Colombo . Second.
• Book: Yule . Henry . Burnell . Arthur . Hobson-Jobson . 1886 . Murray . London .
• Web site: A vignette of British Justice in Colonial Ceylon . www.island.lk . The Island . 9 July 2011.

Notes and References

1. Book: Lurker, Manfred. The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. Routledge. 1987. 30. 978-0-415-34018-2.