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be a composition of saka + aka = aksha, as is shown by the 

 following hataraka and tunaka. 



paesse : — pagcima. Cornp. Gp. A. 17. 



niydyen : — comp. Gp. A 17; Ruwan. D 27. 



wyawasthd : — tatsama corrupted into wawastamd (Mayil. 

 A 25). 



4. — SlTULPA WIHARA (16.) 



malu : = Skt. kumdra, later malanuwan (S. M. A 27), 

 modern malaya. The cerebral I is the genuine transform- 

 ation of r, as halu for kshdra, aetulu for antara, etc. 



tabiya : — Skt. sthdplta. From this is derived the modern 

 tibenawd. In the 10th century we fiad tubu (Mahak.), and 

 in the 13th century we have the following forms, tabanawd 

 (Sidat Sangarawa I., 6), tabd (S. M., B. 24.) 



aleya "canal," Skt. and Pali all, as in dllnsaro daka 

 (Mahaw. I. p. 221 ; II., p. 195 ; Jat. I., 336.) We find the 

 form all in the inscription at Sandagiri wihara (23) ; later 

 on aelu (Gp. A 20); and aela (Nam. 91, S. S. 22.) 



akala (Hab. 7): == akrita. 



kana : — "embankment," = Skt. skhanna. 



way a : — another form of wawi = vapi " tank," which 

 leads immediately to the contracted form waL There seems 

 to be a contrast between the aleya wawi, "the channel tank," 

 and the kana waya, "the embankment tank ;" but it is diffi- 

 cult to say where the difference lies. 



mudawatiyata : — most probably from muc Comp. midi- 

 nawd (Tiss. 5). 



jinapalis atari : — comp. Journ.-C. A. S,|1879 p. 12. 



dim :— 3rd pers. past tense from denawd. Comp* 

 dinihi (Hab. 9), kiniyihi (Tiss. 5.) The hi is the termina- 

 tion of the Skt. $ aorist which was dropped later on. 

 Comp. Journ. C. A, S. 1879, p. 7. 



5. TONIGALA (1.) 



acagirika and acanagaraka:— The second part of 

 these words requires no explanation ; the first I consider as an 

 equivalent of Skt. accha "clear," "open" as we find it in 

 acchagalaka (Mahaw. I., 127) the opposite of rahagalaka. 

 The signification of these words would be " the open, 



