22 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, (CEYLON BRANCH.) 



are atuma (a rare form of atta Guilders' Diet.) Simh. tuma 

 agg'mi and gird "fire" — Simh. gini (but Acoka's Magadhi 



Kato. Acoka*s Magadhi kate, dram. M. kade, Simh. kala. 

 As Simhalese can he proved with tolerable certainty to 

 have been originally a dialect of Magadha,* these instances 

 may be taken either as additional testimonies, for a Mag-, 

 adhic or for a Simhalese influence. 



VI. — Inscription, of King Siri-sang-boy (Kassapo V.) 



At Mahakalattaewa (Kulattkavdpi), 10th Century, A.D, 



Ai 



Siri-sang-boy ma purmuka pasaloswan ne nawayes pura 

 dasa wak dawas Pandi rad Dapulu wares me kap par ha 

 kureli senim isa nawa turis sesngim isa mahale Dapula 

 arak samanan wares kuda sala dal siwim isa kolpatri sanga 

 astalu was asp me tuwak denamo ek sewes wadaleyin Sen, 

 maha. 



B. 



l&nan tuman mj&niyan nesmin nam di kot karana lad; 

 Nal-aram meheni-warhi tuman tubu wat sirit / hi se dawas- 

 pata mahaweheres mahaboyes diy wad a wesdi meheni wat 

 hesmbu wat satdenak / hat satar pasa wayutu karanu kot 

 wadala kesrana bimhi a wti Gi-itelgamu gamat attain pesr-% 

 ashesr de ra wanes ge wadna kot isa de kamteen no wara, 



* I presume the old opinion of a Dravidian origin of the Simhalese 

 will find no longer a supporter after the publication of the second part 

 of the late Mr. Childers' notes on the Simhalese language — a most admi- 

 rable paper considering the scantiness of the materials on which the 

 Professor had to base his investigations. 



