the five conditions into one of which man passes at death: he either becomes a god, a man again, a goblin, ප්රේථ, an animal, තිරිසන්, or a being of hell, නිරි සතා.
Carter, Charles. A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Colombo: The "Ceylon Observer" Printing Works; London: Probsthain & Co., 1924.