Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP (8 November 1899 – 23 April 1973) was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary. He was the Ceylon's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He was the Professor Emeritus in Pali and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP (8 November 1899 – 23 April 1973) was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary. He was the Ceylon's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He was the Professor Emeritus in Pali and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera ...... e Faculty of Oriental Studies.
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera ...... tion mondiale des bouddhistes.
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Гунапа́ла Пийасе́на Малаласе́к ...... ль англо-сингальского словаря.
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George Pieris Malalasekera
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1899-11-08
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George Pieris Malalasekera
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Malamulla, Panadura
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M. S. Pieris Malalasekera
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
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Lyle Malalasekera
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Margaret Russel
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera ...... e Faculty of Oriental Studies.
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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera ...... tion mondiale des bouddhistes.
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Гунапа́ла Пийасе́на Малаласе́к ...... профессор (англ., 1927—1957).
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Малаласекара, Гунапала Пийасена
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