• Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP, KCM (8 November 1899 – 23 April 1973) was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara...
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  • Malalasekera is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gunapala Malalasekera (1899–1973), Sri Lankan academic Vijaya Malalasekera (1945–2022)...
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  • Gunapala is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Gunapala Amarasinghe, Sri Lankan academic Gunapala Malalasekera (1899–1973)...
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  • archaeological commissioner, Prof. Gunapala Malalasekera; famous Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat; compiler of the "Gunapala Sinhala-English Dictionary", Prof...
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  • barrister and a businessman. Malalasekera was born in Colombo on 8 August 1945. His father was Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, an academic and a diplomat...
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  • Retrieved 26 October 2009. Dictionary of Pāli proper names by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera The Historical Buddha: The Times, Life, and Teachings of the...
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    auditioned for Radio Ceylon in 1940, before a panel consisting of Gunapala Malalasekera, S.L.B. Kapukotuwa, and B.S. Wijeyratne, becoming part of their...
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    Sutta: Discourse on Atanatiya". Buddhist Publication Society. 1999. Malalasekera, Gunapala Piyasena (1937). Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names: A-Dh. Motilal...
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  • David Lammy, Member of the British Parliament and former minister Gunapala Malalasekera, Sri Lankan Ambassador to UK, Canada and Soviet Union Sir Robin...
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  • 2020-05-12. "Dictionary: ketumati Maitreya". Retrieved 2020-05-18. Gunapala Malalasekera (September 2003) [1937]. Dictionary of Pali Proper Names. Vol. 1...
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    generation, epitomised by the likes of Walisinghe Harischandra, Gunapala Malalasekera, and L.H. Mettananda, who were radicalised by Dharmapala's words...
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  • Army Stephen Lam, Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong Gunapala Malalasekera, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations and...
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    Śāriputra". East and West. 38 (1/4): 175–188. JSTOR 29756860. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera (2007). Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names. Motilal Banarsidass...
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  • Mahavihara sect. Mahākassapa also wrote several works on Vinaya. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera; Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, Volume 4, Issue 4 Government of...
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  • professor of English; author Prof. Gunapala Malalasekera – Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat; compiler of the Gunapala Sinhala-English dictionary Dr. Robin...
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  • "Buddhist Legends". Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. New Delhi. Malalasekera, Gunapala Piyasena (2007). Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names. Motilal Banarsidass...
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  • Edward Frederick Kelaart W. S. Karunaratne Sunanda Mahendra Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera Patrick Mendis Susirith Mendis Mohan Munasinghe T. Nadaraja...
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  • office. Sri Lanka also maintains a consul-general in Toronto. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera – (1961 – 1963) L. S. B. Perera – (around 1967) William de Silva...
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    and told him that such a life was not for everyone. Pāli scholar Gunapala Malalasekera argued that the Buddha wanted Upāli to learn both meditation and...
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  • Maitreya Thero (1896–1998) Isaline Blew Horner (1896–1981) Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera (1899–1973) Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994) Edward Conze (1904–1979)...
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    Council of Ceylon; Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka (1984). Malalasekera, Gunapala Piyasena (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Buddhism. Vol. 4. Government of...
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    (WFB) is an international Buddhist organization. Initiated by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, it was founded in 1950 in Colombo, Ceylon (present-day Sri...
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    dictionary entries from the English–Sinhalese Dictionary of Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera. The program was marketed from 23 November 2002. In 2008 he...
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  • 1961 Sir Senerat Gunewardene, KBE October 1961 June 1963 Professor Gunapala Malalasekera, OBE June 1963 February 1967 Sir Lalitha Rajapakse, QC February...
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    Jātaka, J.518). Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, Volume 1, by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera p.559 Indian Temple Sculpture, John Guy, Harry N. Abrams, 2007...
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    Sunday Times), April 29, 2007[1] Jayatilleke, Kulatissa Nanda; Malalasekera, Gunapala Piyasena (1958-01-01). Le bouddhisme et la question raciale (in...
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    of Allahabad: Department of Modern Indian History. 1965. p. 18. Malalasekera, Gunapala Piyasena (1961). Encyclopaedia of Buddhism. Government of Ceylon...
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    exhibitions. Celestina Dias - Entrepreneur and philanthropist Prof.Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera - Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat Dr.Premasiri Khemadasa...
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  • Excellency Appointer Maithripala Sirisena Inaugural holder Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union Formation 1991 1957...
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    Asoka. New Edition by E. Hultzsch (in Sanskrit). 1925. pp. 174–175. Malalasekera, Gunapala Piyasena (1990). Encyclopaedia of Buddhism. Government of Ceylon...
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