J B Disanayake
| Prof. J. B. Disanayaka |
| Nationality |
Sri Lankan |
| Other names |
Jebee , Jayarathna Bandara Disanayake |
| Education |
Phd |
| Occupation |
University Professor, Ambassador |
| Spouse |
Kusum Disanayake |
| Children |
Madhubashini Disanayake |
Deshamanya Jayaratna Banda Dissanayake (Born 16 April 1937) is an Emeritus Professor and one of the leading authorities of the Sinhala Language. He is currently Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand [1][2]
Dissanayake received his primary education at Dharmaraja College, Kandy, secondary education at Ananda College, he graduated from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya campus in 1961. He would later received a Fulbright scholarship to the University of California, Berkley to read for a Masters in linguistics and obtained a PhD from the University of Colombo.
With a long teaching career of over 40 years as a lecturer of the University of Colombo, he is the author of numerous books on linguistics, culture and history.[3] Prior to his retirement Dissanayake served in the capacity of the Head of the Department of Sinhala at the University.
Publications
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- Lanka, the land of kings by J. B. Disanayaka (Sumitha Publishers, Distributed by Sarasavi Bookshop, 2007)
- Mānava bhāṣā pravēśaya by J. B. Disanayaka(Sumita Prakāśakayō, 2005)
- Paintings of Kelani Vihara by J. B. Disanayaka(Godage Poth Mendura, 2004)
- Kălaṇi Vihāre situvaṃ by J. B. Disanayaka(Goḍagē Pot Măndura, 2000)
- Uḍaraṭa Siṃhalaya by J. B. Disanayaka(Goḍagē Pot Măndura, 2002)
- Understanding the Sinhalese by J. B. Disanayaka (S. Godage & Bros., 1998)
- Siyalanga rū sobā by J. B. Disanayaka (Goḍagē Pot Mandura, 1998)
- Banda vaṭā pada raṭā by J. B. Disanayaka (s. Goḍagē saha Samāgama, 1996)
- Gamaka suvanda siv siya gavu ăsēya by J. B. Disanayaka (s. Goḍagē saha Samāgama, 1996)
- Siṃhala bhāṣāvē nava muhuṇuvara by J. B. Disanayaka (Saṃskr̥tika Kaṭayutu Depārtamēntuva, 1996)
- Samakālīna Siṃhala lēkhana vyākaraṇaya by J. B. Disanayaka (s. Goḍagē saha Sahōdarayō, 1995)
- The monk and the peasant by J. B. Disanayaka (State Print. Corp., 1993)
- Water in culture by J. B. Disanayaka (Ministry of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs, 1992)
- Siṃhala budu samaya by J. B. Disanayaka (Rajayē Mudraṇa Nītigata Saṃsthāva, 1991)
- Studies in Sinhala literacy by J. B. Disanayaka(National Association for Total Education, Sri Lanka, 1990)
- Nūtana Siṃhala lēkhana vyākaraṇaya by J. B. Disanayaka (Lēk Havus Invesṭmanṭs, 1990)
- Siṃhala vehera vihāra by J. B. Disanayaka(Piyavi Pot Prakāśakayō, 1988)
- Mihintale, cradle of Sinhala Buddhist civilization by J. B. Disanayaka(Lake House Investments, 1987)
- Say it in Sinhala by J. B. Disanayaka(Lake House Investments Ltd., 1985)
- Aspects of Sinhala folklore by J. B. Disanayaka(Lake House Investments, 1984)
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