Prabhakaran had come to personify the movement, and his end, so wretched, became the emblem of Tamil defeat and Sinhalese triumph.
Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sri Lanka’s Reign of Terror|Kapil Komireddi|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Our country is a Sinhalese one and we are its unofficial police,” one monk announced.
What Intolerant Buddhist Monks Are Doing to Sri Lanka|Kapil Komireddi|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There are many Sinhalese Buddhists who are mortified by the turn their country has taken under the Rajapaksas.
What Intolerant Buddhist Monks Are Doing to Sri Lanka|Kapil Komireddi|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The chief copper-workers in the island are the Veddahs, an aboriginal tribe of the interior closely allied to the Sinhalese.
Chats on Old Copper and Brass|Fred. W. Burgess
Buddhaghosa distinguishes clearly between text and comment, between Pali and Sinhalese documents.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot
The Sinhalese chronicles, as mentioned, say that it was brought to Ceylon in the ninth year of Sirimeghavaṇṇa.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot
His version supplanted the Sinhalese (since lost) and is now the only record remaining of the ancient tradition.
The Buddha's Path of Virtue|Frank Lee Woodward
Parker notes that in another Sinhalese form of this story both persons institute law-suits.
Filipino Popular Tales|Dean S. Fansler
British Dictionary definitions for Sinhalese
Sinhalese
SinghaleseorSinhala
/ (ˌsɪnhəˈliːz) /
noun
plural-lesesor-lesea member of a people living chiefly in Sri Lanka, where they constitute the majority of the population
the language of this people, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family: the official language of Sri Lanka. It is written in a script of Indian origin