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satasahassakappamatthake " from this time a hundred thou- 

 sand kalpas ago" (see Childers' Dictionary.) 



6) Nuwanaetiyan, plural of nuwanaeti " wise" from 

 nuwana + aeti (asti), a method of forming adjectives 

 frequently employed in modern Simhalese. Nuwana is a 

 corrupted tatsama either from Skt. jnana (pron, gnyana) 

 or Pali nanam (pron. nyanam.) 



7) Nuwanaettan is not clear on the stone and probably 

 wrong. 



8) Anumowanu, verbal noun corrupted tatsama from Pali 

 anumpdati — " approving" or " benediction." (My transla- 

 tion in the Report " share (the merit)" is incorrect. 



9) Maenaewi, etymologically mana apani asti " it is right," 

 "they may be pleased." 



P. GOLDSCHMIDT. 



Potana, January, 1877. 



