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- ↑ "ගෞරවාර්ථයේ බහූ වචන ඒක වචන නාම පද අගට 'ඕ','හු' යන බහූ වචන ප්රත්ය හෝ 'ආණ', 'අණ', 'අණි' යන ගෞරවාර්ථ ප්රත්ය යෙදූවිට සෑදෙන පද උක්ත කලවිට සෑදෙන අවසන් පදය බහූ වචන ස්වරූපය ගනී" [When plural words with honorific meanings are added to the end of singular nouns, the final word formed takes the form of a plural word.] (in Sinhala). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "පන්සිය පනස් ජාතක පොත් වහන්සේ: අප භාවිත කරන "වහන්සේ" යන ගෞරවාර්ථ පදය මෙ ම් ග්රන්ථය ට හිමි වීම තුළින් ම එය මනා ව අවබෝධ වේ" [The Book of Five Hundred and Fifty Jatakas: The fact that the honorific term "Thero" we use is attributed to this book is well understood.] (in Sinhala). Archived from the original on January 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Shilpasayura-ගෞරවාර්ථයේ බහූ වචන".
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