10 EOYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, (CEYLON BRANCH.) 



(24) Sarlma = Srimat (comp. Sarinaka == Crinaga 1. 1) 

 and III. 4 *) 



25) Parumaka, see I. I. 



26) Maharaji. The original Nominative in e was suc- 

 ceeded by i, as puti, maharaji, but the commonest termina- 

 tion soon became a. 



27) Bojiya is either Gerund or past Participle of the 

 causative of V bhuj, i. e n either bhojayitva or bhojita. The 

 Gerunds in ya are very generally employed in ancient Sim- 

 halese and their descendants in the modern language are 

 still so (for instance kariya — karaya karay — kar& 

 " having done," comp. on the formation of the Gerund in 

 Saurasenl and Magadhi Vararuci and Hemac. IV. — Mag. 

 kalia Hemac. IY. 301.) 



28) PatL This word must mean " after," but I do not 

 know its etymology. We find later on in this inscription 

 bojiya pataya, bojiya petiya and dakapatiya, The last form 

 I have met with elsewhere also, and think it must mean 

 "after having seen." 



29) Sene pitta Abalayaka Genitive. This, properly speak- 

 ing, is a compound " Sena son Abalaya," a construction 

 very common in ancient inscriptions. 



30) Mahalaka = Skt. mahalla. 



31) Balataka = Pali balattho "peon, overseer." 



32) Rakana = rakshana. 



33) Mdnumaraka "grandson" = munubura. The first 

 a should be short. The derivation of this word I have given 

 in my Report, p. 4. 



34) Samanaya should be samanaya (Pali samano.) 



35) Kariya, see No. 27. 



* If this inscription is to be attributed to Dhatusena (see above 

 No. 7), this Sena may be identical with the prince of this name mentioned 

 in the Mahdvamso in the history of Dhatusena. 



