NO. 26.— 1883.] SINHALESE INSCRIPTIONS, 



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unfortified mountain," and "the open town." The opposite 

 of acanagara is tawiriklyanagara, "the fortified town," 

 Skt. stkavara. I give this explanation, with all reserve, as 

 a mere hypothesis. 



6.— -Gajabahtj's Inscription at the Ruwanwaeli 

 Dagoba, Anuradhapura (5.) 

 manumaraka : = Skt. manorama, is the common expres- 

 sion for "grandson" in ancient inscriptions ; modern Sinhalese 

 munubura. 



araba : — Skt. drabhya " beginning from," that is to say, 

 " others are following." I prefer this explanation to that of 

 some commentaries, which identifies araba with drama 

 " garden," ancient Sinhalese arab (Amb. A 18, 46.) 



karaya and rakawiya : — These are the ordinary forms 

 of the geruDd in old inscriptions. Later on the final a is 

 dropped and we find nimaway (Amb. A 10,) karay (ib. A 5). 

 Still later the y is dropped also and the a lengthened 

 instead, which gives us the modern forms. 



baj ika : — stands for bajikaki or bijakaki in Meghavanna's 

 inscriptions at Mihintale (20), and Ratmalagala (6). Per- 

 haps both readings are incorrect, and we should read bojikaki, 

 as we have bojiya in the inscription of Habarane (5, 6). 



patisawanak : — most probably for Pali patissawa, 

 "faith." 



tiri : — Skt. sthira. 



papataka :— most probably = Tali pap atanam ; butthe 

 reading is not quite sure. 



patisatara :— more likely = pratisanskdra, as we find 

 change of k to t also in anit for anik = anyaka. In this 

 case the translation should be, "having restored the decayed 

 buildings." 



dine:— is most probably the same as dini at Situlpa- 

 wihara. 



bikusag aha at ay a :— This is the old form of the dative 

 composed from the genitive in ha or sa = sya + ataya = 

 Skt. arthdya. 



paceni : = pratyaya, later on pasa in the inscr. of Lag 

 Wijaya Sinha (157). For the termination, comp. Pali 

 apassenam for ap assay a. 



paribujanak : = paribkojana. 



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