Guththila Kawya information

Guththila kawya
ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය
Author	Weththewe Thero (Sinhala: වෑත්තෑවේ හිමි)
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala
Genre	Poetry
Published	16th Century

Guththila Kawya (Sinhala: ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය, Anglicized: Guttila Kāvya) is a book of poetry written in the period of the Kingdom of Kotte (1412-1597) by Weththewe Thero.^[1]

The book is based on a story of previous soul of Gautama Buddha mentioned on Guththila Jataka in Jataka tales of Gautama Buddha. Guththila kawya contains over 511 poems. The book was written by Weththewe thero as a invitation and extolment of a minister called Salawatha Jayapala, of the Kotte Royal Council (King: VI Parakumba).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The book has been written in the era of Kingdom of Kotte (AD 1412 -1597). Poems are explaining a great competition which happened between Guththila and Musila.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[1]^[10] Guththila kawya's poems have been inscribed with the same rhymes (Sinhala: එළිසමය), alliteration words (Sinhala: අනුප්‍රාසය) and various genres. From the first to 115th poems have been written according to Gee Viritha.^[11]^[12]^[13] Guttila Kawya has around 5 metres. Viz. Mahamegha Viritha, Savisimath Viritha, Solos math Viritha, Dolos math Viritha and Mahapiyum Viritha.

Book has been mentioned how the competition day was held, Exaggeration has been used for this book without causing harm to the included information of the original sources from Guththila Jataka to give a great taste for the readers.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

^ ^a ^b Davids, Caroline A. F. Rhys (2013-02-06). Stories of the Buddha: Being Selections from the Jataka. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-11911-3.
^ Chatterjee, Ramananda (1971). The Modern Review. Prabasi Press Private, Limited.
^ Lāṭha, Mukunda (1978). A Study of Dattilam: A Treatise on the Sacred Music of Ancient India. Impex India.
^ Lāṭha, Mukunda (1978). A Study of Dattilam: A Treatise on the Sacred Music of Ancient India. Impex India.
^ ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය (21 June 2021). "ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය" (in Sinhala).
^ Grade 10 Sinhala text book-ගුත්තිල වෙණ නද (2014). ගුත්තිල වෙණ නද (PDF). Sri Lanka: Department of education Sri Lanka.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Guththila-kavya (21 June 2021). "A review of Akhila Sapumal's Guththila Kavya : Composing Theatrical Life to a Legend of Literature". sundayobserver.lk.
^ mihunlimited (21 June 2021). "Mihunlimited Sinhalese" (PDF). mihunlimited.com.
^ Guttila-jātaka (21 June 2021). "Guttila-jātaka".
^ Guttila Jātaka (No.243) (21 June 2021). "Guttila Jātaka (No.243)". Guttila Jātaka (No.243): 1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Guttila-Musila Re-enactment (21 June 2021). "Guttila-Musila Re-enactment". lankaweb.com (Dilrook Kannangara ed.). Sri Lanka.
^ The Jataka Tales Stories of the Buddha's Past Lives, Guttila Jataka (21 June 2021). "Guttila Jataka".
^ Tilakasiri, Siri (2006). වෑත්තෑවේ තෙරිඳුන් කළ ගුත්තිල කාව්‍යය (in Sinhala). Ăs. Goḍagē Sahōdarayō. ISBN 978-955-20-7109-6.
^ The Jataka Tales. "21 June 2021". D. L. Ashliman. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05.
^ Guttila Jātaka (No.243) (21 June 2021). "Guttila Jātaka (No.243)".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Lokuliyana, Lionel (1953). Guttila Kavyaya (stanzas 114-317): For the H.S.C. and U.E. Examination 1953-54. M.D. Gunasena.
^ Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar (2004). Village and Village Life in Ancient India: A Study of Village and Village Life in Northern India from 6th Century BC to 1st Century AD. Aryan Books International. ISBN 978-81-7305-261-3.
^ Wickramasinghe, Martin (1960). Guttila gītaya (in Sinhala). Saman Mudraṇālaya.
^ Guruge, Ananda W. P. (1992). Tenth International Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Unesco Headquarters, Paris, France 18-21 July 1991: Summary Report. Permanent Delegation of Sri Lanka to Unesco. ISBN 978-955-9098-08-9.
^ Tilakasiri, Siri (2006). වෑත්තෑවේ තෙරිඳුන් කළ ගුත්තිල කාව්‍යය (in Sinhala). Ăs. Goḍagē Sahōdarayō. ISBN 978-955-20-7109-6.

[:23-1] Davids, Caroline A. F. Rhys (2013-02-06). Stories of the Buddha: Being Selections from the Jataka. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-11911-3.

[2] Chatterjee, Ramananda (1971). The Modern Review. Prabasi Press Private, Limited.

[3] Lāṭha, Mukunda (1978). A Study of Dattilam: A Treatise on the Sacred Music of Ancient India. Impex India.

[4] Lāṭha, Mukunda (1978). A Study of Dattilam: A Treatise on the Sacred Music of Ancient India. Impex India.

[5] ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය (21 June 2021). "ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය" (in Sinhala).

[:13-6] Grade 10 Sinhala text book-ගුත්තිල වෙණ නද (2014). ගුත්තිල වෙණ නද (PDF). Sri Lanka: Department of education Sri Lanka.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] Guththila-kavya (21 June 2021). "A review of Akhila Sapumal's Guththila Kavya : Composing Theatrical Life to a Legend of Literature". sundayobserver.lk.

[8] unlimited (21 June 2021). "Mihunlimited Sinhalese" (PDF). mihunlimited.com.

[9] Guttila-jātaka (21 June 2021). "Guttila-jātaka".

[10] Guttila Jātaka (No.243) (21 June 2021). "Guttila Jātaka (No.243)". Guttila Jātaka (No.243): 1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[11] Guttila-Musila Re-enactment (21 June 2021). "Guttila-Musila Re-enactment". lankaweb.com (Dilrook Kannangara ed.). Sri Lanka.

[12] The Jataka Tales Stories of the Buddha's Past Lives, Guttila Jataka (21 June 2021). "Guttila Jataka".

[13] Tilakasiri, Siri (2006). වෑත්තෑවේ තෙරිඳුන් කළ ගුත්තිල කාව්‍යය (in Sinhala). Ăs. Goḍagē Sahōdarayō. ISBN 978-955-20-7109-6.

[14] The Jataka Tales. "21 June 2021". D. L. Ashliman. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05.

[15] Guttila Jātaka (No.243) (21 June 2021). "Guttila Jātaka (No.243)".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[16] Lokuliyana, Lionel (1953). Guttila Kavyaya (stanzas 114-317): For the H.S.C. and U.E. Examination 1953-54. M.D. Gunasena.

[17] Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar (2004). Village and Village Life in Ancient India: A Study of Village and Village Life in Northern India from 6th Century BC to 1st Century AD. Aryan Books International. ISBN 978-81-7305-261-3.

[18] Wickramasinghe, Martin (1960). Guttila gītaya (in Sinhala). Saman Mudraṇālaya.

[19] Guruge, Ananda W. P. (1992). Tenth International Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Unesco Headquarters, Paris, France 18-21 July 1991: Summary Report. Permanent Delegation of Sri Lanka to Unesco. ISBN 978-955-9098-08-9.

[20] Tilakasiri, Siri (2006). වෑත්තෑවේ තෙරිඳුන් කළ ගුත්තිල කාව්‍යය (in Sinhala). Ăs. Goḍagē Sahōdarayō. ISBN 978-955-20-7109-6.

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