amongst the Singhalese. 225 



so designated; and also ©C^CL ©^3c3(j 3 ©"33 or Qocf, in 

 the sense of 'Nourisher of the world? In the sense of being 

 f the chief of men,' a king is called £o«5@C3c) 3 or £od^e; 

 or ^8^, £o58<5, ercfodtf, zotfe^d, &2uE)(j&2, &c. The 

 designations for 6 Queen' are not many. They are Q3®esJ and 

 ©«§>$J-S$ ; and are changed into efcsD^^saJ and efca©,© ^eaeged, 

 when applied to a Queen who has been crowned, or an Em- 

 press. The words ®^8cc^58C5D^5e3 and ©<*[€)©c3*8* are 

 changed into <3^S £55 Scales Dewinwahansa, and ©^a^ 

 dewini — (see Sidath Sangarawa, p. 205,) when we intend to 

 express "Her Majesty"; the term for Goddess being usually 

 <§^e)g formed like the ancient term for a "princess" 

 ortfg. 



In the sense in which it is applied to man, is syno- 



nymous with from whence we have (f^©3£0£>58e5>2>5 



(§)z6 4 His Excellency the Governor,' " which is the title " 

 says Mr. Stark, " given by the translators on one occasion to 

 the Governor of Judea " at Matt, xxvii. 2. The word ©e&<55 

 ©c3d c He who is great ' is derived from ©©ssod&S)© pali, and 

 is equivalent to £,^5<53© ( chief, excellent, high,' — but Mr. 

 Stark is far from being correct when he supposes that <£)i£$, 

 which is derived from the Sanscrit has any relation to 



or to <£0©i_<S i n the line of the Royal poet : 

 "o£><5, ao©?.-63, <^©jd©<5)o0, cc^3, ©^ooSed." 



Here £0©i_<^, from ^© name, and having, which 



means u named " — has no connection whatever with " meti," 

 Meti Singhalese — metes Greek — mantra Sanscrit — mati Pali, 

 (mens) mentis Latin, are the words which stand in fraternal 

 connection with each other, having been probably derived, 

 like menes, mens, and mind— from the root men f to under- 

 stand,' From ©£d£g the Singhalese have coined a beautiful 

 compound >2f3^£D3cS^©£d-egaoe3&to£) for Legislative Council, 

 and it is fully expressive of the nature and working of the 



