iso;a i`.rdj( jHdlrK .%ka:hla o moHlrKh i|yd WmfoaY .

%ka:hla o@
The Sidat Sagarwa has to be looked at not as a grammar of the Sinhalese language current at any
time in the history, but as a compendium of rules for the versier, especially for the novice in this art of
lterary composition. M.W. Sugathapala de Silva, 1965.)

iso;a i`.rdj isxy, NdId b;sydifha lslf,l fyda mej;s jHjydrhlg wod< jHdlrK .%ka:
hla fkd j moHlrKhg t<fUk wdOqkslhka i|yd moHlrKhg wod< kS;s;s b.ekau
i|yd imdokh jQjls'
iq.;md, o is,ajdg miq j f' ' idkdhl" ta' ta' wNhisxy fom< o f
u;fhys msysgka lreKq olajd ;sf'
fya;=( 1' b,lal mdGl msi zyqkkaZ hkqfjka olAjd ;su - yqkka = wdOqkslhka
fuys wdOqkslhka fia f.k we;af;a NdId jHjydrfhys wdOqkslhka fkd j mlrKfhys
wdOqkslhka hehs ie,lsh yelafla iso;a i`.rdfjys wka;.;h kjlhkag NdId
jHjydrfhys uQ,sldx. b.ekAug wod< fia ilia j fkdue;s neks'
2' isof;ys W.kajk ;sj,g idudkH ksoYk olajd we;af;a m .%ka:j,sks' .
ksoiqka w,am h'
3' fuys uQ,sl jHdlrKdx. fyj;a zhrK Z 20la lafjhs' ta w;frys hrKh
i|yd wjYH fkd jk tajd o ^i|" f,dma" wfoia" w." fmr rE" forE" fmr<s" je" wvq"
ksh" wksh" wuka & f' tfy;a ta ish,a, mlrKh i|yd wjYH h'
6' ika ^i|& hgf;a olajd we;s ksoYk zfmrmr jkka ksis ks .<mkqZ hk
ksfoaYhg mgyeks" mlrKh i|yd lD; lrk ,o tajd h' zzl ni lD;%su
tlls'ZZ ziso;a i`.rdj jr lrk u`. wkqj iajNdjfhka wjq;a we;s jpk folg
lvd ud;%d m%udKh fjkia lr .ekSug fuka u NdIdf iajNdjfhka fkd ne isk
jpk hq., ne| ud;%d m%udKh fjkia lsug o lhdg wjirh ,ef'Z - iq.;md,
o is,ajd'
5' zb;s hrK oek - lshr m n|kd
bgqksgq .K wl=re wE - ,l=Kq uid n|fkaZ hk ksfoaYh Rcq j u mlrKhg
wod< jk bIag-wksIag wl=re yd .K ms<sn| m%fYhls' wjika mfofhys tk
w,xldr o wod< jkafka m ldjH ksudKh i|yd h' fuhska lshfjkafka uQ,sl
hrK ;s bf.k wjika jQ miq mldjHlrKh i|yd wod< jk b.eka lrd
YsIHhd fhduq lru isof;ys wNsm%dh jQ nj h'
6' iso;a i`.rd jKud,dfjys uydm%dKdlaIr we;=<;a fkd f' isxy, m NdIdj
uydm%dKdlaIrj,ska f;dr h' isof;ys p ldrh o fkdue;' th m isxy,fhys o yuq
fkd jkakls'
7' ixialD; md,s wd NdIdjkays mqreI-ia;%S-kmqxil hkqfjka ,sx. ;%hhla lafj;;a
iso;a i`.rdfjys mqreI - ia;%S hkqfjka folla muKla olajd ;su o isxy, m rpkdj, merKs liuhg wkqj wf;ksl jia;= if;ksl j f.k jKkd lsug
wod< jkakls' th isxy, m NdIdj foi liuhg wkqj iajdk j ne,Suls' ^ta' ta'
wNhisxy&
8' iuia yd fjfiiqka-fjfiia hk whr fol o lkag u wod< jk w;r jq;awjq;a
whfrys lafjk ksoiqka o mlrKhg wod< tajd h'
iso;ai`.rdf tk hrK bf.kSfuka isxy, jHdlrKh ms<sn| mQKdjfndaOhla
fkd ,ef' th ;;ald,Sk isxy, NdId jHjydrh ms<sn| j m%udKj;a jHdlrKhla imhkakla
fkd j ksYa; NdId jHjydrhlg ^m jHjydrh& wod< hrK bm;a lrkakls'