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Translation. 



Not to speak of anything else in connection with the said 

 battle, Vagisvara, and all the other elderly priests, removed 

 beforehand from Polonnaruwa, taking the tooth-relic and bowl- 

 relic of the Teacher, came to Maya country, and respectfully 

 deposited them in a safe place at certain spot on the Kotmale 

 mountain. Thereafter, some of the priests, Vagisvara, &c, 

 seeking the protection of Lanka, with a view to secure the estab- 

 lishment of the religion, crossed over the great sea greatly agitated 

 by huge waves, and went to Soli, Pandi, and other countries. The 

 above-mentioned King "Vijaya Bahu, a mine of mercy, sent his 

 ministers, and brought them all back from the said countries. He 

 bowed to the priests who returned, and inquired where the two 

 relics could be found. On being informed that they were iu such 

 and such a place, the body of the lord of men was filled with five-lold 

 joy. The king, preceded by the great assemblage of priests, wont 



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