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The influence of English usage for creation of new Sinhalese words
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Jayawardhane, K.B.; Rewatha Thero, U.
There are ten major language families that have strong interdependence relationship of each other. Sinhala is our mother tongue and the second language is English. The influence of classical languages such as Sanskrit, Pali on Sinhala plays vital roles to generate new vocabulary. There are three main streams of word categorization due to influence of other languages such as Sanskrit, Pali and Tamil on Sinhala as Tatsama, Tadbhava and niṣpanna. Many researches have been conducted with respect to those languages except English. Numerous words and usages that have been extracted from English can be seen in our mother tongue. But those new trends (propensities) are not studied on the basis of ancient philological methods mentioned in Sanskrit grammar compilations. Generally people who are not fluent in English pronounce words in identical way. But the pronunciation of those words is critically reviled. For instance, the word of Aunt is pronounced as "enty" or "ānty ". These kinds of words are considered as wrong but the pronunciation of those words is accurate because these are tadbhava words and cannot be accepted as original English words. In this paper attempt will be taken to categorize and introduce this kind of new words that should be added to Sinhalese vocabulary.
The Practical Values of Vāstu Techniques as depicted in Sanskrit Vāstu Texts
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Rewatha Thero, U.
Techniques on Vāstu have been analyzed in different type of Sanskrit Texts compiled by great sages not only in India but also in Sri Lanka. All the techniques introduced by them are based on five major faculties as The Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Space. Prominent Sages imposed techniques taking into account of interdependence coherent of those faculties. It is obvious that almost whole the techniques on Vāstu as depicted in Sanskrit texts have scientific value. Those techniques have been practiced by architects in Sri Lanka in different stages of house planning. But Architects who are said to be conversant of this subject do not scrutinize the practical and scientific background of the techniques. Many of them do not have adequate understanding of primary sources that are out rightly composed in Sanskrit. Accordingly, ambiguous opinions are promulgated. Usually, architects who check the defects of plans practice the conventional knowledge that also has been descended through the Sanskrit sources. It is especially to be noted that architects who maintain the traditional knowledge do not prefer to change or update their attitudes and theories. So that people have to face many difficulties from stem to stern of construction process. This research will be discovered the foremost practical value of Vāstu techniques that definitely will be benefitted both hereditary and modern architects.