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    Sinhalization Technical Terms in Sanskrit.
    (International Conference on Sanskrit Studies, 2017 Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) PulasthigamaThilakananda thero
    Technical terms play avital role in order to explain some contradictory statements in very language and subjects. In general, It is apparent factor. T.T has been utilized in later developed languages. As an example, English language has many technical terms that were extracted from Latin that is considered as the basis dialects of English. According to this circumstance Sinhala language have many technical terms. Many of these come from Sanskrit language. After period of British colony, State language policy was established on 1956. Due to these reforms, entire circle of school text books had to be translated in to Sinhala. Glossary of Sinhala was not adequate to display the accentual expression of English words. Editor of school text book committee had a sound knowledge on Sanskrit. The structures of Sanskrit roots and stems have been used in a large scale with an eye to create innovative T.T in Sinhala. Largely Sinhala language is based on Sanskrit roots and stems. Because of Sanskrit language have large areas of words. As well as it is the most classical language in south Asia. It has sustenance many languages in subcontinent. Going to prove up how great Sanskrit for the Sinhala based with the all information.
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    A Study on Linguistic and Literary Characteristics of Sanskrit Language arising from the Buthsarana
    (Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, 2016) Gamage, M.
    Buthsarana composed by vidyachakravarthi during the polonnaruwa era could be identified as a literary and a religious text. When examining the contents of Buthsarana it appears that the objective of the writer was to generate Buddhist religious devotion with the reader while panegyrizing the nine fold righteous virtues of Lord Buddha. But it is conspicuous from Buthsarana that it describes the Sanskrit linguistic literature that dominated during the Polonnaruwa era. It is obvious that Sanskrit language and the poetic tradition had influenced Buthsarana linguistically and literally. Objective of this research is to conduct a study on above factors. Certain other works can also be noted that reveals the manner of the Sanskrit influence was acquired by Sinhala literature during the Polonnaruwa era. Among them, the text adapted for this research is Buthsarana. This is a research conducted in association of primary and secondary sources. The text Buthsarana as primary sources and critical ideas of post classical experts and Sanskrit language and literature texts will be associated as secondary sources. Main expectation from this comparative study, a fresh aggregation of knowledge could be contributed regarding Sanskrit language, literature and above the manner in which Buthsarana acquired its influence.