Bandāra

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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]

## Other[edit]

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

## See also[edit]

* Radala
* Sri Lankan titles

## References[edit]

### Citations[edit]

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.

### Bibliography[edit]

* Ekanâyaka, A. de Silva (1876). "On the Form of Government under the Native Sovereigns of Ceylon" (PDF). The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 8 (2): 297–304. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00016713. JSTOR 25207732.
* Knox, Robert (1989). Paulusz, J. H. O. (ed.). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon (Second ed.). Colombo: Tisara Press.
* Yule, Henry; Burnell, Arthur (1886). Hobson-Jobson. London: Murray.
* "A vignette of British Justice in Colonial Ceylon". www.island.lk. The Island. 9 July 2011.

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