Background
Ariyapala, Manikku Badaturu was born on June 1, 1916 in Dodanduwa, Sri Lanka.
Ariyapala, Manikku Badaturu was born on June 1, 1916 in Dodanduwa, Sri Lanka.
Student, Mahinda College, Galle, 1936. Student, University College, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1941. Bachelor, University London, 1940.
Bachelor with honors, University London, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1949. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Colombo, 1984.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Ruhuna, 1992.
Lecturer, examiner in Sinhala, U. London, 1947-1950; reader, U. London, 1965-1968; professor Sinhala, U. Ceylon, 1968-1981; dean faculty of humanities, U. Ceylon, 1969-1973; dean faculty of arts, U. Ceylon, 1973-1974, 75-78; president Colombo campus, U. Sri Lanka acting vice chancellor, U. Sri Lanka member U. Court & Council, U. Sri Lanka professor emeritus, U. Sri Lanka, since 1982.
President Arts Council of Sri Lanka. Member Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka branch, president 1980-1986, annotated index of articles journal. 1845-1989), Buddhist Theosophical Society (vice president, press 1981-1982), Pushpadana Society, Kandy (past president), Yatala Vihara Restoration Society (past president), All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (past president), Sri Lanka Sahitya Shiromani, Malwatta Chapter Siam Nikaya.
Sammana Panditha, Sri Lanka Oriental Studies Society.
Daughter of Bachelor of Medicine Carolis de Silva and K.P.W. Jane Nona. Married Nilamani de Silva, March 6, 1952. Children: Kumundini Jayasekera, Harshini Fernando, Hemamala Sellahewa, Venya Molligoda, Peshali Fernando.