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

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

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.

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

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.