NO. 26.— 1883.] SINHALESE INSCRIPTIONS. 37 



nasiti : — 3rd pers, pi. from V " to destroy." 

 ekwu :—" together" = ekabkuta. 

 wisiya : — (Amb. A 20, 43.) 



yutteyae :— corrupted tatsama. Comp. Gp. C 15, 22. 

 sitiyawun : — stkitawdn, a/ sthd. 



r dj awarun ; bisowarun : — oldform of the genitive 

 plural. 



taekiya : — a verbo takanawd. 

 per eli :— Comp. Amb. A 38 ; S. S. 14. 

 kaenakild "jackal" (Nam. 141 ; Gp. C 17.) 

 gowix = gopaka (Gp. C 15.) Another form of the same 

 word is gowu (Amb. B 37.) 

 waenda : — from wandinand. 



ladddhu : — 3rd pers. pi. derived from ladda — labdha, 

 k 170 an : = kathitawdn. 

 paemunu : — See paemini (Dambulla), 

 karanndha: — future of karanawd, Comp. Journ. 

 C. A. S. 1879, p. 27. 

 soya: — from soyanawd. 



15. Parakrama-Bahu's Inscription at the GalwihAra, 

 polonnaruwa (137). 



tisa : = trimcat. 



par am : — par ami or pdramitd. 



p ur d :— " having fulfilled," gerund from yf par, which 

 is regularly changed into pur. Comp. puramin (Gp. A 7), 

 purd (P. P. 21, 24.) 



waedae sitae : — See above. 



sewemin :— from soyanawd, part, atmanepada. 



niwamin : — part, from niwanawd. 



abiyes : — " neighbourhood," corrupted tatsama. 



Kusindrd : — contracted from Kuqinagara. 



dhdtuwen :— Sinhalese instrumental, from a tatsama. 

 The genuine word is dd. 



diwi : =jivita (Gp. B 6.) 



sdra :— contracted from catvar, modern hdra in wisihdra 

 (Nftioighanduwa 5.) 



piriwemin : — from piriwenawd or pirihenawd (Gp. A 15. 

 C 10), part, atmanepada. The n is elided before the???. 



