GAMARALA: The headman of a village, generally an hereditary office in the family of the principal tenant.
GAMMADUWA-DA: The day of an almsgiving at a Dewale to conciliate the Deviyo in times of sickness.
GAMMIRIS: Pepper corn.
GANWASAMA: Sometimes written Gammasama. The tenement held by a Ganwasama, the superior class of tenants in a village. Their panguwa supplies the proprietor with persons eligible for appointment to the subordinate offices in a village such as Vidane, Lekama, and Kankanama. The Ganwasama people are often of the same social standing as the proprietor and sometimes are related to him. They are generally the wealthiest people in the village and hold the most fertile lands. Consequently they have to make heavy contributions in the shape of adukku and pehidum to the proprietor and his retinue on his periodical visits, to his officers coming on duty and to his messengers dispatched with orders to tenants. They also have to give the Mahakat monthly, the Penumkat at festivals, and Dankat during Was, and to feed the workmen in the Muttettuwa and officers superintending the work. In the same manner as the Uliyam-wasama has to provide all the ordinary labour in a village so the Ganwasama has to provide all that is required for strangers visiting the village and generally to discharge the duties of hospitality for which the Kandyan villages are celebrated. This entails upon the Ganwasama the necessity of setting apart a place called the Idange for lodging strangers. The whole charge of the Muttettu work devolves on the Ganwasama which also has to superintend and assist in building work at the proprietor’s house attend, at his house on festive and other occasions in times of sickness and at funerals bringing penumkat and provisions. A Ganwasama tenant has to accompany the proprietor on his journeys on public occasions, and to guard his house in his absence. A woman of the panguwa has likewise to wait on the lady of the house and to accompany her on journeys. The Ganwasama takes the lead in the annual presentation of the tenants before the proprietor. In temple villages, in addition to the above services performed to the lay chief, the Ganwasama has to superintend and take part in the preparations for, and celebration of, the festivals.
GANGATAYA: The leg of an animal killed in the chase given to the proprietor of the land. Sometimes more than one leg is given.
GANLADDA: An owner of land. Sometimes applied to small proprietors, and sometimes to proprietors of inferior castes, e. g., the proprietors of the village Kotaketana (smiths and wood-carvers) are always so styled.
GANMURE: Watching at a temple, or the period of service there taken in turns by villages.
GANNILE: The service field in a village held by the Gammahe or the village headman for the time being. Field held by a small proprietor and cultivated for him by his tenants.
GANPANDURA: Tribute for land. Ground rent.
GAN-PAYINDAKARAYA: A messenger under an inferior headman.