No. 26.— 1833.] SINHALESE INSCRIPTIONS, 



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kot ae : = kritvd, older kot (Mahak. B ; Amb. A 22.) 

 p ar amp ar dy e n : —i&Qntic&l with parapuren ; the 

 second is the correct Sinhalese form, the first a tatsama. 

 n o m in :— " multitude." 

 gaembara : — modern jaemburu = gambhira, 

 ted ax = tejas "glory." 

 nisal : = nigcala. 

 dan : = ddna. 

 sir in : — instrumental of gri. 



U dag all — "the mountain of the dawn," is generally 

 written with cerebral d : e.g. udgalae (Amb. A 34), but uddgal 

 with the dental also at P. P. P. 12 ; Gp. A 12. 



mundan : = murdhan (P. P. P. A 12 ; Amb. A 25, 56). 

 The nasal is inserted as we find it often in Sinhalese. 



pat : = prdpta. 



riwii = ravi. 



madulu : = mandala " like." 

 satur : — "enemy," pi. of catru (Gp. A 13, B 21.) 

 anduru : = andhakdra, "darkness," Maldive andiri 

 (Gray 15.) 



duruld : = durikritvd, modern Sinhalese duralu. The 

 change of t to / is the same as in kala = krita; but duruld is 

 always written with dental L Another derivation given by 

 the commentaries, is from lanawd, the same verb which, 

 according to the Sinhalese Pandits, forms the second part of 

 Sthala " Ceylon;" but as this verb does not occur anywhere 

 in inscriptions, I prefer the derivation given above. 



saet: = chattra. 



karawumar a :— " Royal revenue," Pali kara. 

 haerae: (Rank. D 2 ; Gp. A 16,) haeriyae (Amb. A 25, 

 58) a verbo karinawd. 



diwel : =jiwel (Amb. A 45) " gifts of land." 

 wahal:— "slave" (Nam. 184; Kavy. X, 142.) 

 sarak: = gakwara by metathesis. 

 p am una : — ? 



mature an ai— "future" (Ruwan. D 32): matu = mastaka; 

 wana from rvenawd, 



wadd genaei — "havingincreased." Wadd from J vridk; 

 genae from gannawa. The two forms genae and gannd are 

 used alternately already in the inscription at Ambasthala 



