Additionally, names of Arab-Hebrew origins that are seldom used by the Muslim Arabs are widespread among Malays, such as the female names of Meriam or Miriam (the Arabs commonly spell it as Maryam), Saloma and Rohana.
Other personalities mentioned in the text are Nāgasena's father Soñuttara, his teachers Rohaa, Assagutta of Vattaniya and another teacher named Āyupāla from Sankheyya near Sāgala.
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Basil Rohana Rajapaksa (known as Basil Rajapaksa) is a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament for the Gampaha District.