''Guththila Kawya'' ( Sinhala: ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය,

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: Guttila Kāvya) is a book of poetry written in the period of the

Kingdom of Kotte The Kingdom of Kotte (, ), named after its capital, Kotte, was a Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th century. Founded by Parakramabahu VI with the help of the Ming, the Kingdom managed to conquer the Jaffna ki ...

(1412-1597) by Weththewe Thero. The book is based on a story of previous birth of

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mentioned on Guththila Jataka in

Jataka tales The ''Jātaka'' (Sanskrit for "Birth-Related" or "Birth Stories") are a voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. Jataka stories we ...

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 (

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: VI Parakumba). The book has been written in the era of

(AD 1412 -1597). Poems are explaining a great competition which happened between Guththila and Musila. Guththila kawya's poems have been inscribed with the same

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s ( Sinhala: එළිසමය), alliteration words ( Sinhala: අනුප්‍රාසය) and various genres. From the first to 115th poems have been written according to Gee Viritha. 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.

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ගුත්තිල කාව්‍යය නිසා රට හැර ගිය වෑත්තෑවෙ හාමුදුරුවෝ
{{Transitional period topics Poetry books Transitional period of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan poetry Kingdom of Kotte 16th-century poetry

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