A Sinhala-language account of the bond between Prince Siddhartha and Yasodhara, written by Sriya Ratnakara and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The text is in Sinhala throughout, so a reader will need the language to use it.
The subject is the worldly love between the prince and the princess, set out with restraint rather than sentiment. Running through it is Yasodhara's own sacrifice — what she gave up so that Siddhartha could go on to attain Buddhahood — which the book presents as an example a woman might take for herself. Folk verses concerning Yasodhara are gathered into the text alongside the narrative.
Yasodhara has a long presence in Sinhala devotional literature and in the oral verse tradition, and this is a treatment in that line: the story of the Buddha's life approached from her side of it. It will suit Sinhala readers with an interest in Buddhist narrative writing, and those who want the Yasodhara folk verses within a connected telling rather than on their own.
- Author: Sriya Ratnakara
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552113871
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