Bandāra

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MonarchKing
Queen consortRandolis
Sub king / Heir apparent
Yuvaraja
Other queensRididoli
Wife or ConcubinageYakadadoli
1st Prime MinisterPallegampahê Adikâram Mahatmayâ
2nd Prime MinisterUdagampahê Adikâram Mahatmayâ
3rd Prime MinisterSiyapattuwa Adikâram Mahatmayâ
Chief SecretaryMahâ Mohottâla
Provincial GovernorsMahâ Dissâvas
Royal Household OfficersDugganna Nilamês
Sons of ChiefsBandâras

A Bandâra was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of premodern Sri Lanka. A Bandâra was the sons of a chief in the Sinhala Kingdom.[1]

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In the Sinhalese Buddhist faith, the Bandāra deviyō are a group of guardian deities.[2]

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  1. ^ Ekanâyaka 1876, p. 298.
  2. ^ Lurker, Manfred (1987). The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-415-34018-2.

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