No. 26.— 1883.] SINHALESE INSCRIPTIONS. 



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baenae : — gerund of baninawd. Comp. Amb. B 2. 



waesi : = vdsi "living." Comp. P. P. 40, Gutt. 90. 



perakarin: —instrumental from parikdra, older paerae- 

 haer (Mahak.) Here also we find the secondary change of 

 ae to e. 



dekata : - dative of deka, " both." 

 pokosat: = pragasta (P. P. 23) ; later on it was con- 

 tracted into po (Kavy. X., 89.) 



raknd :— participle of rakinawd, (Amb. B 37.) 

 paid gerund of patanawd = pra + arth. 

 sddhd:—" having overthrown" (Gp. B 15. ; P. P. 22.) 

 pun sand a i = purna candra. 



naengae : = " having risen/' infinitive instead of gerund. 

 Comp. above, naengt. 

 p dnd shining," derived from pan = pahan, "lamp.' 

 mokotki : — loc. of muhurta. 



mukurdu: = samudra contracted into mundu (Gp. B 14.) 

 pdsae : — " back" = prishta. 



manga petae : — " finding their way." About the ety- 

 mology of petae I am doubtful. 



Tri-Sinhala : — " the three parts of Ceylon," Maya, Pihiti, 

 and Kohana. 



rat paid : — " a red girdle." Comp. patabandinawd, " to 

 confer a title or orifice by lying on the forehead a flat piece of 

 gold engraved with the name, title, &c." 



situwd :— gerund of <s f cint. See above sitd. 



mewaenii — "such"; waeni = guna. 



dar uwan : — pi. of ddraka. 



mawunta :— dat. pi. of mawu, " mother. ,? 



waedi : = vriddki, "increase." 



mandwedayi: — Comp. P. P. P. 30. 



maeniyanta : — another form for " mother," with the 

 honorific suffix nigan, 



gamwara : — This is the older form of the plural instead 

 of the modern wah We find it besides in the inscription 

 of Amb. pereliwar (A 38), ddwar (A 44), gamanwar (B 24), 

 and in Namawaliya surawara, ukulawara. As to the 

 explanation of these forms compare the Introduction to my 

 " Ancient Inscriptions in Ceylon," p. 9. 



