A Sinhala-language work on Theravada Buddhist philosophy by Aruna K. Gamage, published in Colombo by Godage International Publishers.
The text is in Sinhala throughout, set in Sinhala script. There is no English translation within the volume, so a reader will need to be comfortable reading Sinhala prose on doctrinal subjects. International buyers ordering from outside Sri Lanka should be clear about this before they order: this is a book for Sinhala readers, not a bilingual or parallel-text edition.
The National Library of Sri Lanka catalogues the book under the subject heading Theravada Buddhism. The title itself — ථෙරවාදී බෞද්ධ දර්ශනය : ධර්මවාද පරීක්ෂා — frames the work as an examination of doctrinal argument within Theravada philosophy rather than a devotional or introductory treatment, which places it with the scholarly end of Sinhala writing on the Dhamma: the kind of book bought by monks, by students of Buddhist philosophy at Sri Lankan universities and pirivenas, and by lay readers who already read Abhidhamma and commentarial material in Sinhala.
Godage International Publishers is an established Colombo house issuing titles in Sinhala and in English, with a long-standing list in Buddhist studies, Sri Lankan history and Sinhala literature. Books of this kind are printed for the domestic market and are not always easy to find outside Sri Lanka, which is the reason most overseas customers come looking for them.
- Author: Aruna K. Gamage
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 200
- ISBN: 9789553044334
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