Harischandra Wijayatunga
Lawyer, Author
1931 –
Who is Harischandra Wijayatunga?
Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party. During the presidential elections of 1994 and 1999, he was the candidate of that party for this high office.
He is the compiler of the Gunasena Great Sinhala Dictionary, which is considered as the most comprehensive Sinhala-Sinhala dictionary to date. Besides compiling this voluminous work of over 2000 pages, he also proposed scientific ideas to standardise the Sinhala alphabet.
His political philosophy Mahasammatavada envisages consulting all people which he described "as going beyond democracy". He has also appeared for the rights of Sinhala Buddhists on various fora.
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