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7. Alutgal wihaea (52.) 

 bikawawiya : = bhikskuvdpi. 

 sag aw awiy a : = sanghavdpi. 



talatar awi ketahi : = tuladhdravrihi kshetra, "the 

 goldsmith's field/* 



uliwawiya : — most probably the modern ulu "tile," 

 "brick" = ishtikd. 



wihiraka ketahi -This occurs again at Ratmalagala, 

 but the signification is not quite clear. 



8. Kaikawala wihXra (13.) 



jitav— Skt. duhitd "'daughter," Bengali jhi (Beames 

 Comp. Grammar I., 192.) This is the oldest form of the 

 word we have in Sinhalese; later on we find du (Gp. B 3 ; 

 Saelalihiniya, 36) and duwaniy an (Wewelk. 34; Kavy.X, 84.) 

 In this latter form the termination niya is honorific as in 

 maeniyan " mother." Another form dlyani occurs (Gp. B 

 24;' Nam. 154.) 



ameti : —a common word for " minister" = Skt. amdtya. 



9. Mailagasteta (120,) 



kaeta : = kskatriya. Oomp. Ruwan. D 15 ; Dambulla 9. 

 Another form is ket. (Gp. A 16.) 



paemili : — See above Wandarupa wihara. 



parapuren (Ell. P.; Amb. Al, 48) par a pure hi (P. P. 

 P. 1):— This form is always used in the beginning of inscrip- 

 tions for F&liparampard "in succession" (Mahav. I., 218); but 

 later on in the text we find the tatsama form parampardyen, 

 e. g. P. P. P. 62, 



bat: — "descended from." Part, of J bhrang, modern 

 bahinawd. 



-purumuwanat : — dat. pi. of purumuwa = parumaka 

 (Journ. C. A. S. 1879, p. 2.) 



p oloyon : = prithvi ; also written polowa (Gp. A 14, 

 E. P.' A 7, etc.) 



hi mi : = svdmi, 



up am = utpanna. Another form of this word is upaeni 

 (Amb. B 21 ; S. B. M. 2) and updni (Amb. B 9.) 

 niyae (Attanayala, 15 ; Nam. 52): — I believe this form to 



