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intellect, and was illumined with the rays of royal favour — 

 (this personage) together with his mother Sumedhadeyi and 

 his nephew who held the offices of Adikarama of Latfika and 

 Principal of the Kotadanaw temple, having learned from many 

 pandits who were conversant with Buddhist literature and had 

 offices conferred on them, what kind of offerings had been 

 made to the venerable Ruwanmeli (Dagaba) by Dutugemunu 

 and many other princes, were transported with joy, and having 

 resolved to make a grand offering superior to the offerings of 

 others, encased (the ddgabd) beautifully with about 8,880 cloths of 

 various sorts : highly decorated it so as to look like the reflected 

 image of a crown-jewel monument : caused mortar (prepared) 

 from five yalas of good rice to be applied thereto : made it lovely 

 with odoriferous flowers, scents, and lamps : adorned the streets 



with , flags, banners, plantain-trees, triumphal arches, &c. : 



made on the first terrace offerings of various eatables and lumps 

 of milk-rice constantly (pouring in) like a great flood during 

 a week : honored it by lighting with 2,000 kalandas of camphor 

 many thousands of lamps, inclusive of festoons of lamps and 

 lamps of earthen vessels placed at intervals of one cubit on the 

 third floral attar in the lower part of the dagaba : made 

 presents of rings for the fingers set with stones, and of golden 

 apparel for the different kinds of workmen and labourers : gave 

 garments to their wives and rejoiced their hearts : and pleased 

 with (gifts of) gold the writers, the overseers, the appraisers of 

 property, Brahmins, cooks, painters, dancers, singers, tom-tom 

 beaters, conch-blowers, players on the five kinds of musical 

 instruments, ? persons who applied combs and unguents 

 to the cavities (in the dagaba), the female servants with 

 auspicious marks on them who took care of the terrace, 

 florists, perfumers....... Moreover having heard the Thupawansa 



(the history of the ddgabas) while yet on the terrace of the 

 Ruwanmeli Dagaba, they made suitable offerings to the clever 

 preachers of Dharma, and honored the Thuparama and the 

 illustrious and venerable Bo tree with many lamps lit with 

 camphor, flags, &c. To the residents of the seven monastic 

 establishments, amongst whom the priests were the foremost, 



