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Guru (. IAST : " guru ") is a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a " teacher , guide , expert , or master " of certain knowledge or field . In pan - Indian traditions , " guru " is someone more than a teacher , traditionally a reverential figure to the student , with the " guru " serving as a " counselor , who helps mold values , shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge , an exemplar in life , an inspirational source and who helps in the spiritual evolution of a student ." The term also refers to someone who primarily is one ' s spiritual guide , who helps one to discover the same potentialities that the " guru " s already realized . Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara ( Sinhala :                              | Tamil :                                    ), commonly known as W . J . M . Lokubandara , is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from ___MASK21___ to 2010 and Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province from 2010 to 2015 . He is a lawyer by profession , and is also an author of several books and a song writer . Lokubandara held several ministries in the government of Sri Lanka before his appointment as the Speaker of the House . Sarasaviya Awards ( Sinhala :         ) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sinhala cinema , each year by the Sarasaviya weekly newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited ( Lake House ), Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by them to the Sri Lankan film industry . The Sarasaviya ceremony is one of the oldest film events in Sri Lanka . The awards were first introduced in ___MASK65___ . The Sarasaviya Awards have been often referred to as the Sinhala Cinema industry ' s equivalent to The Oscars . The Maldives (, or ), officially the Republic of Maldives (""), is a South Asian island country , located in the Indian Ocean . It lies southwest of India and Sri Lanka . The chain of twenty - six atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south . Comprising a territory spanning roughly , the Maldives is one of the world ' s most geographically dispersed countries , as well as the smallest Asian country by both land area and population , with a little over ___MASK46___ , ___MASK55___ inhabitants . Malé is the capital and most populated city , traditionally called the " King ' s Island " for its central location . India , officially the Republic of India (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over ___MASK56___ . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . India ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu ( Sinhala :                  ; ___MASK76___  26 May 2011 ) was a writer , orator , scholar , playwright , teacher ( Guru ), Sinhala lyricist , author and poet in Sri Lanka , born in Mudiyallagahawatta in Malalaga , Koggala . He is a member of the Hela Havula . He has received three government awards for literary works , the title of Kalasuri from the Government of Sri Lanka , and the Sarasaviya Awards film award for best composer . As a composer , he is especially noted for writing music performed by W . D . Amaradeva , such as Gilem Obe Guna . Sri Lanka ( or ; Sinhalese :         ', Tamil :     " Ilakai "), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( formerly known as Ceylon ), is an island country in South Asia near south - east India . Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest . Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu ( Sinhala :                   ) ( ___MASK39___ -- 2011 ) was a writer , orator , scholar , playwright , teacher ( Guru ) , Sinhala lyricist , author and poet in Sri Lanka , born in Mudiyallagahawatta in Malalaga , Koggala . He is a member of the Hela Havula . He has received three government awards for literary works , the title of Kalasuri from the Government of Sri Lanka , and the Sarasaviya Awards film award for best composer . As a composer , he is especially noted for writing music performed by W . D . Amaradeva , such as Gilem Obe Guna . Asia is Earth ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about ___MASK13___ % of Earth ' s total land area and ___MASK35___ . 7 % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of ___MASK9___ . ___MASK9___ billion people . An island country is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands . As of 2011 , 46 ( approximately 24 %) of the ___MASK92___ UN member states are island countries . The Hela Havula is a Sinhalese literary organization founded by Munidasa Kumaratunga in ___MASK26___ . The movement advocates the replacement of Sanskritic words with Hela ( native ) versions . It was incorporated in ___MASK38___ . Besides Munidasa Kumaratunga , other prominent members included Sunil Shantha ( musician ), Amarasiri Gunawadu ( poet ) Rev . Fr . Moses A . Perera , Raphael ( Raipiyel ) Tennekoon ( poet ), Ven . Tirikunamale Ananda Anunayaka Thera , Fr . Marcelline Jayakody ( poet , hymn writer ), Arisen Ahubudu ( poet ), Jayantha Weerasekera ( journalist ), Jayamaha Wellala ( poet ), Hubert Dissanayake ( poet ) Alau Isi Sebi Hela ( Writer ), Ven . Kodagoda Gnanaloka , Prof . Nandadasa Kodagoda ( Doctor , singer , lyricist ), Mohotti Don David ( journalist ), Prof . Vinnie Vitharana ( author ), W . J . M . Lokubandara ( former Speaker ), Sandadas Coperehewa ( teacher , author & poet ), D . V . Richard De Silva ( teacher , author ) Anandapiya Kudathihi ( journalist ), Gunapala Senadeera ( poet ), Jayasekara Abeyruwan ( Author , Notary Public ), B . K . D . P . Balasuriya ( Writer ) and A Do Chandrasekera . The prestigious journal " Subasa " is a publication of Hela Havula . Sanskrit ( English pronunciation :; written in Devanagari script ; : or ', originally ', " refined speech ") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and " Mahyna " Buddhism , a philosophical language in Hinduism , Jainism , Buddhism and Sikhism . It was also a literary language that was in use as a " lingua franca " in ancient and medieval South Asia . It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo - Aryan , originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto - Indo - Iranian and Proto - Indo - European . Today it is listed as one of the ___MASK19___ scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand . As one of the oldest Indo - European languages for which substantial written documentation exists , Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo - European studies .