NOTES ON ANCIENT SIMHALESE INSCRIPTIONS. 13 



uma" (as baelima, baeluma " looking $" in inscriptions of the 

 10th century ; senim, sitim, see below vi.), karana karotu 

 is corrupted for karana kotu ; perhaps this is to be taken 

 already in the sense of " on account of" as karana kota or 

 karana-kota-gena in later times. 



51 ) Jaganaka for * jaganataka= jagannatha, " Lord of the 

 world," i.e. Buddha. From this word jaganaka evidently the 

 first part of the modern word Ganinnanse fjagana unnanse * 

 a Buddhist priest, is derived though curiously enough, it is 

 used rather slightingly at present. 



52) IIa?nananataya, lege hamananataya (Dative plur.) 

 i. e. cramananam arthaya. The Simhalese Dative has coa- 

 lesced from the Genitive combined with ataya (= $kt« 

 arthaya) " for the use of — " ; thus we have in Gajabahu's 

 inscription at Anuradhapura ; sag aha ataya dine be given 

 to the priesthood (Pali sanghassatthaya dinnam, with 



* Unnanse, as is well-known, is a contraction from unwahanse. 

 The first part of wahanse, " wahan" means still, when separately nsed 

 " slippers" (Pali upahana), though it is rather a h'gh word. In ancient 

 inscriptions I have seldom met with wahanse, not at all before the 10th 

 century, and there it is only applied as a title of honour to kings. It 

 is well known that " the slippers" always formed part of the insignia of 

 royalty (comp. Ramayana II.) In later times this word was applied 

 also to priesls and other individuals of respectability; it was shortened 

 to denote the different degrees of respect to which a person was enti- 

 tled, tatnanwahanse, tamunnanse, tamunnaehe, down to the rather 

 humble tamuse. One would at first say for instance : " I approach the 

 slippers of the king" or something to that effect, afterwards the word 

 would be used for royalty, majesty (comp. in Pali therapado.) The 

 second part se still remains unexplained, but this is certainly nothing 

 else but the affix se (Skt. cas, see above No. 20), though I cannot deter- 

 mine ill what sense exactly it is to be taken here, probably in that of a 

 local accusative. " A recollection of the original application of the word, 

 I believe, is to be found in the appellation of Buddha : Budu rajanan 

 wahanse. 



