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Item An Exploratory Study with Regard to the Creative Autonomy Reflected in the Kavsilumina- The Crest Gem among the Sinhala “GeeKaavyas”(Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, 2016) Kularathna, S.B.A.K.After the eleventh century during the medieval era of Sri Lanka, under the influence of Hindu Brahminical culture Sinhala Kings, the autocracy and the Superior Buddhist Monks of the city learned the Sanskrit Language and literature with a zealous enthusiasm never before apparent. The Poetry composed by these erudite poets were influenced considerably by Sanskrit court poetry, and the subject matter is woven around the elaborated descriptions about glamorous life of the king, Ladies of the harem and the sophisticated aspects of city life. The much distinguished Sinhala classical poem of this period Kavsilumina was composed by the king [Parakumba the Second] who mastered Sanskrit, Pali and Sinhala. In his secular life as king he gave the first place to Brahminical scholars who had a deep knowledge of court life and ceremonies, and diverse fields of Sanskrit epistemology such astrology and medicine. Although Kavsilumina followed the classical Sanskrit literary models in terms of the laws of poetry [kavisamaya], the structure [the accepted form of Mahakavya], the ideas, the imagery, and the exaggeration, glimpses of originality is apparent. Thus it is logical to state that in spite of his vast knowledge of Sanskrit literature the author of the kavsilumina has maintained his independence to a certain extent by not solely opting to embellish the poems with literary ornaments and paraphernalia borrowed from Sanskrit literature. Nor did he strictly adhere to the laws of the poetry and were daring ruptures from the shackles of the Sanskrit literary tradition. It is envisaged in this study to examine the creative independence of the author of Kavsilumina by comparing and contrasting it with the inspirational Sanskrit poetry.Item The contemporary Social Reality portrayed in Sanskrit Comic Farce, the Mattavilasa [Farce of the drunken Sport](Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, 2016) Kularathna, S.B.A.K.The Mattavilasa is a one act humourous farce written in Sanskrit and Prakrit and authorship is assigned to the Pallava ruler of South India named Mahendravarman the First[600-630A.D] who ruled from his capital at Kanchipuram. The initiators of the Pallava dynasty assume to have been adventures of northern descent, who settled in Dekkan peninsula at about the commencement of the Christian era. As a consequent of the disintegration of the Sathavahana [Andhra] supremacy close to the third century A.D., The Pallavas gained the opportunity to establish Themselves as autonomous miniature power.Slowly and steadily their domain extended rapidly until they graded as one of the mightiest states of the south India who were constantly at war with neighboring kingdoms of Chera, Chola and Pandya. The Pallava capital Kanchipuram [Presentley Conjevaram] supplied the background for the Maththavilasaprahasana. Pallava kings bestowed generous and cultured benefaction to diverse art forms and science. Ruminants of grand architecture and sculpture are living evidence to the glorious by gone past. Mahendravarman the first king who turned into a scribe. In his opus magnum mathavilasaprahasana offeres a convincing portrayal of the socio-cultural aspects of the contemporary South India .It is important to note the cultural sensitivity with which this reconfiguration has been undertaken by the author. In doing so he scrutinizes the experiences of clergy and their social milieu in a remarkably perceptive manner demonstrating an estimable narrative dexterity. In this study it is envisaged to examine the socio-cultural depiction of the farce and special focus will be paid to analyze the religious dialectic between the Buddhists and the ardent followers of Tantrism.