No. 26.— 1883.] SINHALESE INSCRIPTIONS. 



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the etymology of the word is obscure. 



p aedakunu : = pradakskina. 



bald "having seen," from balanawd = avalok. 



gaeniya : = grikini. 

 ■ anaengi : = anargha, "priceless." 



kumukda :— " what;" kirn with the termination of the 

 indefinite ak. From this is derived the modern mokada by 

 apocope of the first syllable. 



kiyana :— from s/katk. 



wal: = vana, "wilderness." 



seme hi : — "in peace," loc. of kshamd. 



tab a .-—gerund of tab = sthdp. See above tabiya at 

 Situlpa-wihara. 



d wan da : — ? 



dewarak : — "twice," dva + #ara. 



waedaei — "having struck." This word occurs in the 

 form waedae with dental d (Amb. A 49 ; P. P. 29.) 



ewu : — gerund of the causative of enawd. 



elawd (Gp. B. 9): — a verbo elawanawd. 



genwd : — "having taken," gerund from genawd. 



waeda hindae : — comp. waedaehun (L. V. K. A.), wae- 

 daesitae (Gp. A 14.) Waedae is the gerund of wadanawd, 

 which is joined to another verb when a king or person of 

 great importance is the subject. 



purd.—" having filled" (Gp. B 6 ; P. P. 1.) 



siwuranga : = caturanga, "four-fold." 



naewaetae : — from nawatinawd. Comp. P. P. 50. 



tew aid : = tripitaka. Comp. wald = pitaka (Amb. A 

 12.) " _ 



wiyadam: — "expenditure" J ydc. Comp. yadlnawd. 

 12. Sahasa Malla's Inscription at Polonnaruwa (156.) 



wtrudu: = viruddka, "strong," Comp. Gp. B 14. 



sakwala : = cakrawdla. 



baenan : — "brother," composed from bae = bhrdtd, and 

 nan the honorific termination, as in rdjdnan, piydnan, etc. 

 This word means "the elder brother," opposite to malanuwan, 

 the "younger brother." Another derivation is from bkdgi- 

 neya, " nephew," but the sense is evidently in favour of the 

 first. 



