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Books

Children's Literature

Karuvala Gedara (House of Shadows)

Balopadeshaya ( Advice to Children ) - 1903
Galiwarayanaya ( Gulliver's Travels : adaptation ) - 1932
Rajawenta giya mahanna (The Tailor who would be King) - 1932
Dandumonaraya (Ravana's Flying Machine ) - 1932
Biology
Kurumini saththu ( Beetles and related insects ) - 1929
Kuru Kuhumbu Saththu (Ants and related insects ) - 1930
Ves Maru Karana Saththu ( Mimicry in animal World ) - 1931
Muhudu Verala ( The Sea - shore ) - 1932
Sathwa Lokaya ( The World of Animals ) - 1936
Vidya Vinoda Katha ( Science for Entertainment ) - 1957

Madol Doova (Mangrove Island)

Extra Readings
Gramiya Vidya Praveshanaya (Environmental Studies ) - 1931
Sadacharaya Ha Nirogi Sampatha - 1934
(Social Ethics and Good Health)
Palath Anduwa ( Local Government ) - 1934
Praja Palana Shiksha ( Civics ) - 1938
Novels
Leela - 1914
Soma - 1920
Iranganie - 1923
Seetha - 1923

Jataka Katha Vimasuma (The Literary Aspects of Buddhist Jataka Stories)

Miringu Diya (Mirage) - 1925
Unmada Chithra (Novel set in the time of Pandukhabaya) - 1929
Rohini (Novel set in the time of Dutugemunu) - 1929
Gamperaliya (The Uprooted) - 1944
Madol Doova (Mangrove Island) - 1947
Yuganthaya (End of the Era) - 1949
Viragaya (Devoid of Passions) - 1956
Kaliyugaya (Age of Destruction) - 1957
Karuvala Gedara (House of Shadows) - 1963
Bavatharanaya (Siddhartha�s Quest, a novel set in the time of Gautama Buddha) -
 
1973
 
Collections of Short Stories

Viragaya (Devoid of Passions)

Geheniyak (Woman) - 1924
Magul Gedara ha charithadharsha katha (The Weddnig) - 1927
Pavkarayata Galgesima (Stoning the Sinner) - 1936
Apuru Muhuna (The Strange Face) - 1944
Handa Sakki Kima (The Moon is Witness) - 1945
Mara Yuddhaya (Mara�s War) - 1945
Ape Viththi ( About Ourselves) - 1946
Mage Kathava (My Story) - 1947
Billa Saha ( The Sacrifice ) - 1949
Vahallu (Bondage) - 1941
Katha Ahura - 1955
Apuru Muhuna ( The Strange Face ) -
Drama

Leela

Chithra - 1940
Mayuri - 1944
Vijitha - 1953
Vijitha Saha Thawath Nataka(Vijitha and other plays ) - 1953
Literary Criticism
Shastriya Lekhana (Educational Essays) - 1919
Sinhala Sahityodaya Katha (Sinhala Literary Essays) - 1932
Sahitya Siksha - 1 (Essays on Literature) - 1936
Sahitya Siksha - 2 (Essays on Literature) - 1938
Vichara Lipi (Literary Criticism) - 1941
Guttila Gitaya (Critical Review) - 1943
Sinhala Sahityaye Negima
(Landmarks of Sinhala Literature)
-
 
1945
 

Vahallu (Bondage)

Sahitya Kalava (Art of Literature) - 1950
Kavya Vicharaya (Sinhala Poetry : Critical Review) - 1954
Atta Yutta (Essays on Literature and Philosophy) - 1955
Bana Katha Sahityaya (Buddhist Folk Literature) - 1955
Nava Padya Sinhalaya (Moden Sinhala Poetry) - 1957
Rasavadaya Ha Bauddha Kavyaya (Aesthetics and Buddhist Poetry) -
 
1961
 
Sinhala Vichara Maga (Sinhala Literary Criticism) - 1964
Navakathanga Ha Viragaya (Literary Aspects of �Viragaya�) -
 
1965
Jataka Katha Vimasuma (The Literary Aspects of Buddhist Jataka Stories) -
 
1968
 
Sinhala Navakathava Ha Japan Kama Katha Sevanella
(The Sinhala Novel in the Shadow of the Japanese Erotic Novel)
-

 
1969

 
Sinhala Natakaya Ha Sanda Kinduruva
(Sandakinduru and the Sinhala Drama)
-
 
1970
 

Kaliyugaya (Age of Destruction)

Sampradaya Ha Vicharaya (Tradition and Criticism) - 1971
Vyavahara Bhashava Ha Parinama Dharmaya (Sinhala Language and evolution) -
 
1997
 
Ape Urumaya ha Bickshun Wahanse - 1998
Ape Viyath Parapura Ha Bhasha Samaja Parinamaya - 2000
Upan Da Sita Bala Viya - 2001
Manawa Hithawadaya Ha Ethera Viyathhu - 2002
Evolution and Anthropology
Sathva Santhathiya (Biological Evolution) - 1934
Bhavakarma Vikashaya (Unorthodox Interpretation of Buddhist Philosophy) -
 
1967
 

Manawa Vidyava Ha Sinhala Sanskruthiya
(Arthropology and Sinhala Culture)
- 1974

Manava Vidyava Ha Bauddha Vignana Vadaya
(Arthropology and Buddhist Ideology)
-
 
1974
 

Lay Bare the Roots (Ape Gama)

Purana Sinhala Sthringe Enduma( Women's attire in ancient Sri Lanka) -
 
1935
Philosophy and Other Topics
Sinhala Lakuna (The Sinhala Identity) - 1947
Budu Samaya Ha Samaja Darshanaya (Buddhism and Social Philosophy) -
 
1948
 
Denuma Ha Dekuma (Knowledge and Reality) - 1958
Perapara Dediga Sanwadaya (A translation of Professor Joseph Needham�s Lecture on the East - West Dialogue) -
 
1958
 
Sinhala Sakaskada (Writings of Sociological Interest) - 1962
Soviet Deshaye Negima(Rise of the Soviet Lands) - 1962
Bauddha Darshanaya Ha Margaya (Buddhist Philosophy and the Way) -
 
1968
 

Rohini (Novel set in the time of Dutugemunu)

Nivan Muhunuvara Ha Bamunu Dittiya (Face or Nirvana and Brahmin Dogma) -
 
1972
Autobiography
Ape Gama (Our Village) - 1940
Upanda Sita (From My Childhood) - 1961
Literary Biography
Chekov Ha Lankava (Chekov and Sri Lanka) - 1970
Ape Urumaya Ha Bhikshun Vahanse (The Contribution of Buddhist Monks to our Cultural Heritage) -
 
1998
 
Ape Viyath Parapura Ha Bhasha Samaja Parinamaya (The Role of Our Leaders in the Evolution of Our Language and Society) -

 
2000

 

Madol Doova (Mangrove Island)

History
Purana Sinhala Sthringe Enduma (Women�s Attire in Ancient Sri Lanka) -
 
1935
Travel
Kalunika Sevima (In Search of Panacea) - 1950
Soviet Deshaye Negima (The Rise of the Soviet Land) - 1962

Works in English

Ape Urumaya ha Bickshun Wahanse

Aspects of Sinhalese Culture - 1952
The Buddhist Jataka Stories and the Russian Novel - 1952
The Mysticism of D. H. Lawrence - 1957
Buddhism and Culture - 1964
Revolution and Evolution - 1971
Buddhism and Art - 1973
Sinhala Language and Culture - 1975
Translations
Tamil
Kiramap Piralvu (Gamperaliya) - 1964

Geheniyak (Woman)

Pattata Valkai (Viragaya: Devoid of Passion) - 1992
Madol Theevu (Mangrove Island) - 1993
English
Landmarks of Sinhalese Literature (Sinhala Sahithyaye Negima) -
Lay Bare the Roots (Ape Gama) - 1958
The Way of the Lotus (Viragaya) - 1985
Madol Doova ( Mangrove Island )
Chinese
A Collection of Short Stories - 1961
Madol Doova - 1961

Madol Doova (Mangrove Island)

Russian
Madol Doova - 1954
A Collection or Short Stories 1 - 1958
A Collection or Short Stories 2 - 1970
Gamperaliya , Kaliyugaya, Yugantaya (Trilogy) - 1965
Other Languages
Madol Doova - English - 1976
Madol Doova - Bulgarian - 1964
Madol Doova - Rumanian - 1962
Madol Doova - Dutch - 1979
Madol Doova - French - 1995
Madol Doova - Japanese - 2002
Viragaya - English - 1985

Kalunika Sevima (Looking into our past)

Viragaya - French - 1995
Viragaya - Japanese - 2003
Feature Films (Sinhala, with subtitles)
Gamperaliya ( The Uprooted ) - 1964
Madol Doova ( Mangrove Island ) - 1976
Kaliyugaya ( Age of Kali) - 1983
Yuganthaya (End of the Age) - 1985
Viragaya( The Way of the Lotus) - 1987
Tele-dramas (Sinhala)

Upanda Sita (From My Childhood)

Madol Doova (Mangrove Island) - 1994
Gamperaliya (The Uprooted) - 1989
Leli (Daughter-in-Law) -
Mava (Mother) - 1994
Sisiliyata Padamak (A Lesson for Ceciliya) - 1994
Mudiyanse Mama (Honourable Uncle) - 1994
Upasakamma (The Pious Woman) - 1994
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