religion birth_place nationality known_for article_title education name
buddhist gampaha sri lanka sri lankan former of peradeniya sri lanka dean of the faculty of arts , university k. n. o. dharmadasa
 bandaranayake college gampaha professor dharmadasa -rrb- k. n. o. dharmadasa -lrb- karuna nayaka ovitigalage
k. n. o. dharmadasa

professor k. n. o dharmadasa is one of the pioneers of linguistics in sri lanka and scholar of international repute .
he is professor emeritus , and the former dean of the faculty of arts , university of peradeniya sri lanka .
