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INSCRIPTION AT W^LIGAMA WIHARE : TEXT, 

 TRANSLATION, AND NOTES. 

 By T. W. Rhys Davids, C. C. S. 



There are two Wiliares at Waeligama, the half-way 

 village between Galle and Matara, one called Agra Bhodi — 

 a fine wihare on the top of a hill, whose founder is unknown, 

 and which has a Gal- saunas of very modern date : the 

 other is called Wseligama Gane Wihare, and is on the plain. 

 There is a very ancient Bo tree and large Dagoba at this place, 

 but for a Wihare only a small building of modern date. This 

 would correspond exactly to the wording of the sannas now 

 enclosed, which speaks not of a wihare but only of a S ak- 

 in ana or covered corridor for Priests to walk in — corresponds 

 ing to the colonnades of more ancient times, and the crypts 

 and cloisters in mediaeval buildings. 



This Sakmana is further proved to have been a place of 

 importance, for the name of the village Hakmana is derived 

 from it, and the following inscription is on a stone built into 

 the wall round the dagoba, 



Text, 



Sri siri Sangabo siri Bhuwanaika balm chakrawartti 

 swamin wahanse^a . sawana hawurudu, kalu Parakrama -nam 

 iriantriswarayanan mehekarawuntfa kulx dikerew mesanghika 

 sakmana pirimasa wee<$asi£ina de-namaka£a nirantarawa siwu 

 pasayak di, satara digin wadkna sanghaya wahansefat dawasak 

 pasaya dena lesa£a, rana£a gena lu kumbura mul bijuwafa 

 das amune da pala-da.poLwattat wahal-dasa-dexiat sarak- 

 yalat wafct-pandan kotaia pan-woe^a dolikiman telisan ko#a 

 mawula pa£a-han'a-cetirili manikaya-ma^ulu me adiwa me 

 sanghika pirikarat lawa, ma oetikala Bhuwanaika Baku raj- 



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