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(5) pata eyi wada bho (6) ga wasaga labha 



(7) taka ......... na bha gam. 



The monks of the Congregation, having thoroughly 

 acquired (the qualities of) kindness, humility, 

 affection, tranquillity of mind, absence of desires, 

 reverence ; not seeking strife, in which are vain 

 sinful thoughts ; having gained and esteemed 



humility - - ;>',..... 



This inscription is of the i 2th century, and the style of lan- 

 guage is not unlike that of Parakrama Bahu I., A.D. 1153-1186, 

 who restored the buildings at Magama. He had rather a pre- 

 dilection for teaching the monks their duties. 



V. — Inscription on the iEtabasnduwa [Ancient Inscriptions, 

 No. 109). I have devoted some time to this stone, but without 

 success. So far as I can make out, its chief contents is the usual 

 record of gifts. Part of it on the second and third faces runs : — 



(6) dana thitata cata ca. 



(7) dana data pata kara ca. 



(8) bata dana thitata pata kara ca. 



(9) re (? te) me tahana dana data pata kara ca. 



(10) maha ratana nama dana data 



Having permanently established and given over the 



alms for , having given and caused to be 



appointed the alms for , having per- 

 manently established and caused to be appointed 



the alms for , having given and caused 



to be appointed these (?) continual alms, having 



given the alms called Maha Ratana 



It will be convenient to include with these inscriptions two 

 others referring to the district, from Rambhara wihara, on the 

 Wallawe-ganga, about ten miles north of Ambalantota. A tran- 

 script of part of one of these has already been published by Dr. E. 

 Miiller (No. 154), but as some additional fragments of it have 

 come to light, I think it will be advisable to repeat it here, on 

 account of its connection with the other. 



VI. — Inscription on three faces of a prostrate octagonal pillar, 

 near the wihara : — 



A. — (1) Maha (2) radi (3) Maha (4) [Sirisaj (5) riga 



[bo] (6) Rambha (7) ra ce [tge] (8) me wa (9) se 

 sa (10) sna mi (11) di was (12) tala (13) sik (14) 

 83la3 (15) masni (16) k si (17) ta bami (18) me 



B. -(l) ni (2) pu (3) ...... ga (4) .... . 



(5) paga (6) ...... ha ...... (7; kaj (8) [t] a 



(9) ya di (10) me gan (11) ga ma (12) ha me 



