A Sinhala literary dictionary, compiled by K B A Edmand and issued by Godage Publishers of Colombo. The title translates roughly as the Great Sinhala Literary Lexicon, and the book belongs to the reference shelf rather than the reading shelf: a word-list for readers working with literary Sinhala.
It is written entirely in Sinhala, with Sinhala script throughout. There is no English text and no transliteration, so a reader needs a working knowledge of the script and the language to use it at all. International buyers who cannot read Sinhala will find nothing here they can use.
For those who can, this is the kind of volume that sits within reach of a desk — consulted for a word met in a poem, a classical text or an older prose work, rather than read from front to back. It suits university students of Sinhala language and literature, teachers, translators, writers and researchers, along with Sinhala-speaking readers abroad who want a proper lexicon at hand rather than whatever can be found online.
Godage Publishers is an established Colombo house with a long list of Sinhala-language reference and literary titles.
- Author: K B A Edmand
- Publisher: Godage Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 1250
- ISBN: 9552093244
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