A Sinhala-language collection of folk stories gathered around Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, the poet-monk of the Kotte period whose name is attached to the Vijayaba Pirivena at Totagamuwa and to works of Sinhala Sandesa poetry. Figures of his standing tend to accumulate a second life in oral storytelling, separate from the literary record, and that popular tradition — janakatha — is what the title points to.
Jayatissa Tennakoon writes here for a general Sinhala readership rather than an academic one. The book is published by Godage International Publishers of Colombo, a house with a long list in Sinhala on literature, history and folklore.
Please note that the text is entirely in Sinhala. There is no English translation within the volume, so a reader will need to be comfortable reading Sinhala script.
It will suit readers interested in Sri Lankan oral tradition, students working on the Kotte era and its poets, Sinhala-speaking families abroad building a home library, and anyone who grew up hearing stories of Sri Rahula Himi and wants them in print.
- Author: Jayatissa Tennakoon
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 96
- ISBN: 9789553076731
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