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22) Kirlyaha Genitive, comp. apayaha No. 11. 



23) Carita Skt. caritra, Pali caritam, Prakrt cariam, mo- 

 dern Simh. sirit. 



24) Raja kollki, Loc* kola = Skt. kula. 



25) Bhanana " preaching." The syllable b/iais not clear 

 on the stone ; if the word is correctly read, it is a Pali 

 tatsama. 



26) Mewa, perhaps me + ewa which I have not found in 

 Simhalese) or already the modern Plural mewa. 



27) Baka probably = bhaga [see 1. 1], perhaps a dialec- 

 tic form for deka " two," 



28) Buka, also biku, buki, Simhalese transformations of 

 Pali bhikkhu. 



29) Hamiyana, Gen. plur. of hami (later himi-himiyan) 

 = Skt. svamin. 



30) Catara pacayada uwayutu, etymologically put into 

 Samskrit* eatvari pratyayata upayukta* The ablative is 

 here used for the instrumental. 



31) Saliki, comp. III. 39. The terminations of the masculine 

 are used for all genders (except in the oldest inscriptions.) 



32) Dinamaka, " we have given," preterite derived from 

 the participle dina. 



V. — Inscription on a rock at Kirinde. 



I subjoin a corrected copy of this passage which I have 

 taken subsequently to the publication of my report. 



1) Siddham-Aparimite lokehi Budha same nati a thane 

 par[i]mandale be 



2) savanyutopete anutare sathe 1 * mahaf sarane laki} cake 

 Budha nama§. 



3) sayambhu. 



* Perhaps sathe. f sic ! | perhaps laka. § perhaps nimi. 



