Abstract:
Buthsarana composed by vidyachakravarthi during the polonnaruwa era could be
identified as a literary and a religious text. When examining the contents of
Buthsarana it appears that the objective of the writer was to generate Buddhist
religious devotion with the reader while panegyrizing the nine fold righteous
virtues of Lord Buddha. But it is conspicuous from Buthsarana that it describes the
Sanskrit linguistic literature that dominated during the Polonnaruwa era. It is
obvious that Sanskrit language and the poetic tradition had influenced Buthsarana
linguistically and literally. Objective of this research is to conduct a study on above
factors. Certain other works can also be noted that reveals the manner of the
Sanskrit influence was acquired by Sinhala literature during the Polonnaruwa era.
Among them, the text adapted for this research is Buthsarana. This is a research
conducted in association of primary and secondary sources. The text Buthsarana as
primary sources and critical ideas of post classical experts and Sanskrit language
and literature texts will be associated as secondary sources. Main expectation from
this comparative study, a fresh aggregation of knowledge could be contributed
regarding Sanskrit language, literature and above the manner in which Buthsarana
acquired its influence.
