44 JOURNAL, R. A. S. ( CEYLON). [ Vol. VIL, Pt. L 



Half 



Measures. 



things (not being food or drink) offered or received at the 

 Tooth Temple; the second of all eatables and drinkables; and 

 the third of the income and expenditure of the establishment... 15 



The Wattorurala : Has to keep the keys of the upper story, to 

 assist the two officiating priests, to open the doors of the tem- 

 ple every day, and to clear the offering table of flowers, &c, 

 thrice a day ... ... ... 5 



The Kankanarala : Holds the keys of the store and issues pro- 

 visions ... ... ... 5 



The four Kattiyanaralla: bring the new rice from Gurudeniya in 

 decorated loads to the temple, fill the golden bowls with it, and 

 deliver these bowls to the officiating priests ... 12 



The Paiiemalerala, the officer in charge of the lower story of the 

 temple with the same duties as the Wattorurala ... 5 



The three officiating priests at the Tooth Temple, two for the 

 upper, one for the lower story ... ... 15 



The Kiribatpattara, large bowls which are filled with the 

 allotted quantity of rice, and boiled by the Nilakarayo {i.e. the 

 cultivators of the temple fields) of the ten Nindagam — {vide 

 below) ... ... ... 80 



[When boiled, the rice is offered at the Tooth Temple and after- 

 wards distributed amongst these Nilakarayo.] 



The dancers of the Maligawa ... ... 5 



The Badde Vidane: Has to give six large chatties to the six 

 Nilakarayo of Gurudeniya, to boil the paddy for the Alutsal, to 

 present a load of chatties at Gurudeniya on the Alutsal day, and 

 once a month to the Maligawa, and two at the end of the year — 

 one for the Diwa Nilame and the other for the Kariyakarana- 



rala ... ... ... 5 



The Hakgedikara Appula, the officers who blow the conch and 



clear away the rubbish from the temple... ... 4 



The A'lattiya. [I am not quite sure what the functions of this 



officer are] ... ... ... 5 



The Horan-6karaya, the trumpeter of the temple ... 5 



