James De Alwis (1823–1878) was a lawyer, writer, poet and a prominent colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council. He is remembered for his writings that included several works on Buddhism.
Educated at the Colombo Academy as one of its first students, he was part of the Macaulay of Ceylon along with Frederick Nell and his brother Louis, Charles Ambrose Lorensz, John Prins, Charle Ferdinands and Dandris de Silva Gunaratna inspired by the Young England movement.
Later he was appointed as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon; however he resigned together with George Wall, Charles Ambrose Lorensz, W. Thompson, John Capper and John Eaton on 15 November 1864 on a point of principle regarding the fiscal policy of the Government and its strict disregard to respect the procedures of the Legislative Council.[1]
An Introduction to Kachchayana's Grammar of the Pàli Language, 1863
The Attanagalu Vansa (A History of the Temple of Attanagalla), 1866
Buddhist Nirvána, 1868 (A review of Max Müller's Dhammapada)
Sedatsangarawa
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From a Reader’s Bookshelf by Arjuna More on Thrift and Arthur Alvis
Kumar Sangakkara steps forth like Young Ceylon
Not promoting the pretensions of' ‘literary theory'
January 01, 1970
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