Sri Lanka is a mountainous country possessing many villages whose names possess the prefix 'Uda' as in the village of 'Udawana' a name from the language of Sanskrit meaning the high ( ud ) forest ( vana ).

 

Sri Lanka has over one hundred place names possessing 'Uda' as in 'Udagama' meaning high ( ud ) village ( grama ) and 'Udawatta' meaning high ( ud ) gardens ( vata ) both names from Sanskrit.

 

Sri Lanka has inherited this 'Uda' meaning 'high' from 'Ud' a root within the language of Sanskrit whose meaning is 'upwards' and 'above' as seen in 'Udara' and 'Uttama' words within Sanskrit meaning 'high' and 'highest'.

 

 

Sri Lanka has villages whose names possess the affix 'Watta' whose meaning is 'garden' as seen in the village of 'Mahawatta' a name from the language of Sanskrit meaning the great ( maha ) garden ( vata ).

 

Sri Lanka possesses over one hundred of such villages as in 'Agalawatta' a name from Sanskrit meaning 'the garden ( vata ) of ones finger ( angula ) length' and we also have 'Kahawatta' meaning the garden ( vata ) of turmeric ( kaha ).

 

Sri Lanka inherited 'Watta' meaning 'garden' from 'Vata' a word within Sanskrit meaning 'garden' a word we see within the Vedic temple of 'Angkor Wat' a name within Sanskrit meaning city ( nagara ) of temple grounds ( vata ).

 

 

Sri Lanka possesses hundreds of villages whose names bear the suffix 'Gama' meaning 'village' as seen in 'Gurugama' a name from the language of Sanskrit meaning the village ( grama ) of the spiritual master ( guru ).

 

Sri Lanka also possesses 'Adhikarigama' a name from Sanskrit whose meaning is village ( grama ) of the master ( adhikari ) and 'Homagama' a name from Sanskrit meaning village ( grama ) of sacrificial offerings ( homa ).

 

Sri Lanka has inherited this 'Gama' whose meaning is 'village' from 'Grama' a word within the language of Sanskrit whose meaning is 'village' as seen in hundreds of villages throughout the lands of Sri Lanka.

 

 

Sri Lanka possesses over a hundred villages whose names bear the affix 'Goda' meaning 'land' and 'village' as seen within 'Udagoda' whose words are from the language of Sanskrit meaning the high ( ud ) lands ( goda ).

 

Sri Lanka also possesses 'Suriyagoda' a name from Sanskrit whose meaning is the land ( goda ) of the sun ( surya ) and 'Balawatgoda' words from Sanskrit meaning the mighty ( balavat ) lands ( goda ).

 

Sri Lanka seems to have inherited 'Goda' meaning 'land' and 'village' from 'Goda' a word within Sanskrit meaning that which gives ( da ) cows ( go ) a word which expands in a rural sense to include 'villager' 'village' 'land'.

 

 

Sri Lanka possesses the village of 'Gedarawela' meaning home ( gedara ) on the coast ( wela ) and the origin of 'Gedara' is 'Grhadvara' a word within the language of Sanskrit meaning house ( grha ) door ( dvara ).

 

Sri Lanka also possesses the village of 'Kandegedara' meaning the home ( gedara ) on the mountain ( kanda ) and it also possesses 'Galagedara' whose meaning is the home ( gedara ) on the rocks ( gala ).

 

Sri Lanka has many regions such as 'Meda Gedara' 'Mudali Gedara' 'Kelegedara' 'Kuligedara' 'Godagedara' and many more whose names are composed of 'Grhadvara' a word within Sanskrit meaning 'house door'.