- The Mahâ
Dissâvas was a
Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or
Sinhalese Council of State, in the
Sinhalese Kingdoms of
monarchical Sri Lanka. Like...
- was captured, and executed. In 1814, the king
ordered Ehelepola Adigar,
Dissava of Sabaragamuwa, to Kandy. Ehelepola,
suspecting a trap, refused; in revenge...
-
government house in
Mullaitivu was
attacked by
forces of
Pandara Vanniyan and
Dissava of
Nuwara Kalawiya and lay
siege to the fort.
Captain Drieberg with his...
- this
group as
chiefs who held the high
offices of
state such as Adigar,
Dissava and
MahaLekam which appointments were not
hereditary and
these individuals...
- "A
Kandyan Dissava and
Priest of Boodhoo",
illustration by John Davy (1821) of a
native Kandyan chief/administrator and a
Buddhist monk....
-
Dinajara Nayaks of
Kandy Amātya
Mandalaya Maha
Adigar Maha
Mohottala Maha
Dissava Dugganna Nilame Bandāra
Other Rate
Mahatmaya Badde Lekams Diyawadana Nilame...
-
Government Agents (GA) took over the
duties of the
Dissava (with the
remaining and
newly appointed Dissavas being mere
honorary titles), with Rate Mahatmaya...
- 1808
succeeding Megastenne on his death.
Ehelepola was
appointed Maha
Dissava of Sabaragamuva. Sath Korale,
which was also held by
Megastenne was divided...
-
Dinajara Nayaks of
Kandy Amātya
Mandalaya Maha
Adigar Maha
Mohottala Maha
Dissava Dugganna Nilame Bandāra
Other Rate
Mahatmaya Badde Lekams Diyawadana Nilame...
- Walauwa, Dullewe, Aluvihare, a
suburb of Matale. He was
related to
Dullewe Dissava, a
signatory on
behalf of the
Sinhalese to the
Kandiyan Convention of 1815...
