ආ මුඛය, n. prelude, commencement, ආරම්භය, prologue, ප්‍රාරම්භ කථාව.

ආ රම්භකරනවා, v. t. to begin, commence, පටන් ගන්නවා.

ආරබ්ධ, a. begun, commenced, initial, පටන් ගන්නාලද.

ආරබ්ධය,ආරබ්ධිය, n. beginning, commencement, ආරම්භය.

උප න්‍යාසකරනවා, v. to commence speaking, කථාව පටන්ගන්නවා.

උපාරම්භය, n. beginning, commencement, පටන් ගැන්ම.

කල්පය, n. a period said to be equal to a day of Brahma which equals 4,320,000,000 solar years: it is the Sakwala or world period, which is divided into four parts, viz. its formation, its duration, its destruction and its non-entity until the commencement of its reformation. It is difficult, however, to reconcile the various statements one with another, since during the Kalpa the age of man is said to gradually increase from ten years to an asankhya and again to diminish gradually to ten years: an asankhya being about the twentieth power of a million.

ණ, n. Nasal letter of the third or cerebral class of consonants, N. There is no perceptible difference now in sound between this and the dental න, and very few words commence with this letter.

නො·නඟත, n. unlucky time to commence an act.

පටන්ගන්නවා, v. t. to begin, commence; v. n. පටන්ගැනීම.

ප්‍ර·ස්තාවනය, ප්‍රස්තාවනාව, n. preface, introduction, prelude, prologue (of a drama), commencement. E. S.

ප්‍රාරබ්ධ, a. (ප්‍ර emp., ආරබ්ධ begun), begun, commenced, පටන්ගත්.

ප්‍රාරම්භය, n. commencement, introduction, prelude, exordium, preface, පටන්ගැන්ම, ආ රම්භය.

වි·ඝන·නාශක, වි·ඝන·නාශන, වි·ඝන·රාජ, n. hindrance-destroyer or king: ap. of ගණේශ as the remover of hindrances, on which account his aid is sought at the commencement of any important business.

සමාරම්භය, n. beginning, commencement, පටන්ගැන්ම, ආරම්භය.