190 On the Principles of 



ning from that in .which the Sun comes to Mesa, are 



as follows : 







Solar Month. 





Corresponding 



Lunar Month. 



English Month. 





Bole 



\ n Til or»rl IV 1 o \r 



Warshaba 



"Wesak 



TVf a v axifl .Tnnp 



ATI (I \ CVl-.fi.vl. fj Vy 



Mithnnn 



-ULi-J. VM.X !~ Ah iA 



Paqaii 

 X U6Uu 



.! nnp nrin Tn 1 \r 

 */ LliiU cllxv i t» Hi y 



TCn tfikn 





tJ Lli V d/HU XXLlL' Llbb 



Singha 



Nikini 



A non^t siTifl SsP'nf' 



XX uij Ij dllVA K^> O La 





.Olilcll tl 



Oop I. cillu. VJl^L. 



Tula 



X Hid 



T V CljJ 



(sot csnrl IVTrkTr 



TV^urchika 



11 



Nov^ and Deer. 



Dkanu 



Unduwap 



Dec. and Jan. 



Makara 



Duruthu 



J an. and Feb. 



Kumbha 



Nawam 



Feb. and March. 



Mina 



Masdin 



March and April 



The lunar month does not necessarily begin on the same 

 day as the solar. It begins with the day after the new 

 moon. That lunar month in which the Sun enters Mesa 

 liasi, or that of which the full moon is nearest to the Sun's 

 entering Mesa liasi, is the first lunar month, Bak Masa. 



When there are thirteen full moons in any year, the 

 additional month is called Adhika Mase, two of the months 

 being called by the same name. 



About Adhika Mase there is at present a controversy, in 

 which every one of the Budhist priests of the Island is more 

 or less engaged. It was originated about 35 years ago, by 

 Atthadassi Terunanse of Bentotte, who is considered to be 

 the most learned of the Budhist priests of the day. One 

 party maintain that the Adhika Mase, or the additional 

 month, ought to be in that solar month in which the two 

 full moons occur ; but the other party say, that the additional 

 month must be next to JEsala, and ought to be called the 



