Will you give back my little pot, so that I can go home? The one who hid it is a scoundrel who can't count to five or eight! Her talents were noticed at an early age when someone hid her water pot, and she wrote this Sinhala poem: She had a surprising talent in literature, which was highlighted by the women of her community and status. She grew up in Matara, with a taste for dressing like a Dutch woman, which came from her partially 'Westernized' background. She was talented and earned her honorific name Gajaman Nona (Lady Gajaman) from her mother. She had her early education within her own family. As a baby, she was brought to Marawila in Beliatta as her father was undertaking Rājākariya, a system where the individual provides services in exchange for land. Paul's Church, Milagiriya in Bambalapitiya. Gajaman was baptised as Donna Isabella Koraneliya at St. She was born in ], Ceylon as the second daughter of Don Francisco Senarathna Kumara Perumal and Francina Jasenthu Graivo. Gajaman Nona) (10 March 1746-15 December 1815) was a Sri Lankan author who was noted for having the ability to write and recite impromptu Sinhala poetry. Don Francisco Senarathna Kumara Perumal, Francina Jasenthu Graivoĭonna Isabella Koraneliya ( Sinhala:දෝන ඉසබෙලා කොරනෙලියා) ( a.k.a.
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