"From the beginning however, there was resistence to Portuguese mastery over Kotte. While Dharmapala was alive there were two major revolts, one led by Akaragama Appuhamy in 1594, and the other by Edirille rala in 1594-96."

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets ""From the beginning however, there was resistence to Portuguese mastery over Kotte. While Dharmapala was alive there were two major revolts, one led by Akaragama Appuhamy in 1594, and the other by Edirille rala in 1594-96."" in the context of "A History of Sri Lanka,' By Professor K.M.De Silva (1981) http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dByI_qil26YC&pg=PA114-IA8&lpg=PA114-IA8&dq=k.m.de+silva+edirille+rala&source=bl&ots=qjm-_zI6vS&sig=98CYWdMp8p0rnGWhe0BpIpTlwr4&hl=en&ei=2EMfTvikPM-QswbHoZGjAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=edirille%20rala&f=false" to mean that wisdom is timeless.