No-. 26.— 1883.] SINHALESE INSCBIPTIONS. 



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wat : —general formative (originally gen.) of the plural. 

 Comp. Journ. C. A. S. 1879, p. 29. 



w addleyin: — composed from naddla, past participle of 

 waddranawd = avadhdreti, and heyin = hetund. 



kanae .-—maybe derived either from skhanna, "embank- 

 ment" (as in Habarane, 2), or more probably stands for kona, 

 " corner." 



pahanak .-—for pdshdna "stone." This is one of the 

 first instances of the so-called indefinite declension in ah 



hinwd: — gerund of the causative of ki?mawd, modern 

 innawd. — lS J sad. 



mas = matsya; modern mdlu. 



maeru .-—gerund from maranawd. Comp. naengu and 

 laengu in the inscription of Ambasthala. The termination 

 of this form seems to have been i and u, but sometimes 

 also d, as it is at present — e. g. paid and tabd (Amb. A 57.) 

 The change of a to ae in maeru and naengu makes it 

 probable that originally there was an i or y in the termina- 

 tion. 



kenekun : — Comp. Childers' Notes II., 12. 



raekae : — infinitive of rakinawd; and genae of genawd. 

 These infinitives were very common in the 10th and 11th 

 centuries, as can be seen in the inscription at Ambasthala 

 (No. 121). 



paetwu: — the same form as maeru } with u shortened. 

 About the meaning, I am not quite certain. 



laddd= Skt. labdhvd. Forms of this verb are very 

 frequent in inscriptions, e. g. ladi == labdha (Mahak. 110, B); 

 iadl== aladdhi (Mahak. D); ladu (Galpota, 148, A 3); ladin 

 (Galpota, A 7); and laddan (Wewelkaetiya, 122, 24; Kon- 

 gollaewa, 112 C.) 



a tin :■ — most probably from hasta or anta ; but the form 

 is difficult to explain. The termination belongs to the 

 ablative. Comp. Minneri (123) A 47. 



hanak:—& measure; perhaps = suvarna. The word 

 occurs in Parakramabahu's inscription (137) 21 and 31 in 

 the form hanekhi and kanki, in connection with kamatayedx; 

 but I believe this is rather a derivative of Skt. gana "pace," 

 Pali sanikam, and modern Sinhalese kaniki. 



