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dentals, but athaye in the Magadhi inscriptions of Aooka), 

 next we find sagahataya, sagahataye, later sagahata ; the 

 next step would be sag hat and in modern times samghata. 

 In plural the changes run as follows : — Samananaataya, ha- 

 mananataya, mahananata, mahanunta. 



53) Parawatahi aorist, " he gave over," should be pari- 

 watahi from parivrt caus., Pali with dentals : parivatteti. 



54 ) Pucayasa, I do not understand. 



55) Awanaka = avarnaka ? I have met with awanaka 

 wasa also in an inscription at Anuradhapura. 



56) Wasahl Loc. si, from wasa (= varsha.) 



57) Majlmodlni, later maedindina, now maendina, a 

 month (March -April.) 



58) Cada puna masa sata paka dlwasahi — candra purna 

 masa saptama paksha diwase. Dmasa was later changed to 

 dawasa. 



IV.— Inscription at Tissamaharamo. 



( Date about the beginning of the 4tk century, A.D.) 



Siddham || budadasamahida mahasena tawaka baya Abhaya 

 maharaja mi apa cudi purumuka Bndadasa tari pali maha- 

 namika Jeta Tisa maharaja apayaha pali Toda gamika kiri 

 kiniyihi ugu awamidi nawa sahasaka kiri abatarihi Maha- 

 gama raja mahawahirahi tara pali m ah an ami Padana galida 

 dinika paca sahasaka kiri ca mi Padana galida me 

 warahata (?) pawatara (ri?) na uyuta kotu sapadinaka 

 catara sahasaka ki (ka ? jri ce me di acanani nawa sahasaka 

 kiriyaha ugu wama (?) ... carita niyamina rajakolihi 

 bha(? ; nana mini mewa baka kari (?) di-i ca (?) tara amana 



be (?) daj ?ga ?) .... baka ca sesika tawa 



na Padana galihi buka sago hamiyana ca[ta]ra paca- 



yada uwayutu karawani kotu apa cudi purumukaha dina 

 niyamani me ca salihi liyawaya dinamaha. 



1) Tawaka " three" from trayah, comp. Pali tavatimsa 



