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more,") ; the a being dropped d of necessity would become 

 either r or 1), tura = Skt. tara. 



15) Mahale. This e can hardly be the ancient magadhic 

 e of the Nominative : it might be for aya, as § in all modern 

 words (comp. mahalaka III., which would become mahalaya, 

 mahale.) The usual form in this period would be mahalu. 

 The word itself is frequently attached to names of kings to 

 distinguish the prior from a subsequent one of the same 

 name ; thus Niccanka Malla, in his inscription at Anuradha- 

 pura speaks of Parakraniabahu the Great as "Mahalu 

 Parakraniabahu," himself having assumed the same name. 



16) Arak= araksha. 



17) Samanan = cramananam, Formative of the plural ; 

 genuine Simhalese is mahana (old hamana, see III. 52), 

 comp. meheni below. 



18) Kuda = kshudra 19) said "whirlpool, eddy" = 

 cula ? 



20) Dal = drdha. 



21) Kolpatri (comp, kolpattra below), kola in Simhalese 

 means " leaf, as pattra in Samskrt. The Simhalese are fond 

 of such double words ; thus " order, command" in modern 

 Simhalese is andjfidtva* i. e., Siinhalese ana (ana, or Pali 

 ana) combined with the original Samskrt form djnd. 



22) Aetalu = antare, old atali (see III. 13), modern 

 aetulu. 



23) Wae Gerund of wenawa = bhutva. 



24) Aep " we" = api. This curtailed form has disap- 

 peared again from the modern conversational language. 



25) Me tuwdk " so long" from me " this" and tuwdk which 

 I cannot explain. 



26) Denamo u we give" or "we are giving." This form must 

 be derived from the verbal noun in — na (dena "giving.") 



* Pronounced anltgnyawa. 



