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juruwan wahanse£a pinpinisa karawu me Sakmana nohqt 

 raja kula wacZana wihareya pawatina tek, kal idiriye oeti wena 

 sat purusayan wisin nirawul kara pawatwa swargga moksha 

 sampat soediya yutuyL 



TRANSLATION, 



In the sixth year of the revered Lord Emperor Siri 

 Sangabo Siri Bhuwanaika Balm, the minister named Kalu 

 Barakarama having given wages to the workmen, and having 

 given in perpetuation the four gifts to the two priests who 

 reside economising in this (cloister) common to the priest- 

 hood ; and also—in order that the gifts might be given for a 

 day to the reverend priesthood coming from the four direc- 

 tions— (having given) ten amunas sowing extent of paddy, 

 field which he had bought and a fruit-bearing cocoanut 

 garden, and ten slaves, and a yoke of oxen, and round 

 torches and goblets with spouts, and a row of lamp stands 

 (for illumination) and palankeens, and leather, and cushions, 

 and mattresses, and- cloths woven with silk and hemp to 

 spread over (seats for guests), and tubs and iron basins, 

 together with other things of this kind proper for the priest- 

 hood — it is proper for all good men who in 



the future shall be, to maintain without dispute this 

 cloister or wihare improved by the king's family, which 

 (cloister) has been made to add merit to the revered^ 

 King Bhuwanaika Bahu who brought me up, and (thus) 

 to obtain the bliss of release in heaven.. 



NOTES. 



1. Siri Sangabo Siri BhmuanaiJca Baku. It is not 

 known which Bhuwanaika Balm this was: but judging 



