586 Interpretation of the inscriptions [Jutr, 



shall they enjoy prosperity or adversity : and they shall give thanks 

 for the coming of the faith. Whatever villages with their inhabitants 

 may be given or maintained for the sake of the worship, the devotees 

 shall receive the same and for an example unto my people they shall 

 follow after, (or exercise solitary) austerities. And likewise, whatever 

 blessings they shall pronounce, by these shall my devotees accumulate 

 for the worship (?). Furthermore the people shall attend in the night 



6 anugahintva chdl sakhiyana-dukhiyanamjanisanti 8 : Dhammayatenacha 



7 viyo vadisanti 9. Janamjanapadam kintihi datamcha palitam cha 



8 aladhayevuti 10 rajahdpilahanti ; paiichalitaveman pulisdnipi me 



9 chhandanndni paiichalisanti 11, tepi cha kdrd viyo vadisanti : yenamerajakd 



7. ^"ST^^^rT^T, ' through their benevolence or otherwise, 1 that is in propor- 

 tion to their bounty. 



8* "^tt"*? 5 ?!: <£'-*ft*?' s *I t 5Tf*fSi{>r, ' sn all they become prosperous or unfor- 

 tunate,' according to the pandit ; but a nearer approach to the construction 

 of the text may be formed ; ^T^«f "^T*3«l WT^rfT, * shall know good or bad 

 fortune.' 



9. It is best to regarj ^*ijp}7Tir as a compound of dharma and dyatam, 

 length, endurance, — or (from Ay at), ' the coming.' The word viyo is unknown to 

 either the Sanskrit or the Pali scholar, they suppose it to be a term of applause 

 attached to ^fk^jfJrf ' they shall say,' as in the modern Hindvi turnko bhald 

 kahengi, they shall say ' well' to you, they shall applaud you. i(\q to praise, may 

 be the root of the expression. It also something resembles the Io of the Greeks, 

 which however like eheu is used as an expression of lamentation ; and this meaning 

 accords also with the word viyo in Clough's Singhalese Dictionary. — Viyo, 

 viyov, viyoga, ' lamentation, separation, absence.' Viyo-dhamma is translated 

 1 perishable things' by Mr. Turnour, in a passage from the Pitakattayan. 

 See p. 523. 



10. grT«T: <5TifTf^: frtfafiKWSI "<nfW^ ^TCTVJ VRfrT, perhaps the 

 ' some little' given of the inhabitants of the village, and preserved, shall be on 

 account of worship,' (or they shall give trifling presents to make pujd ?) 



11. This passage is rather obscure in its application to the preceding, the 

 pandit reads ^^ffT^fJr^flf^rT,' the devotees also speak,' but the letter j» is uncer- 

 tain, and I would prefer wn^ifo, shall receive. 3f?f^f^r? H'^^fa *? ^•TTfiT 

 5ff?f : 3 r f'!raiP ? f!, an< * having proceeded my devotees shall obtain the sacred of- 

 fering of chandan ; — ^^r being read by th e pandit as ^s^r, sandal-wood, an 

 unctuous preparation of which is applied to the forehead in pujds, but the 

 aspirated ch makes this interpretation dubious : chhandani are solitary private 

 (occupations) or desires. 



