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they gave much alms, and cloths for making yellow robes, 

 (and) imparted the merit (thus acquired) to their kinsmen, 

 strangers, and all the different kinds of Pretas, experiencing 

 great joy themselves, while they caused the same to the mass of 

 the people who heard of these offerings which were made under 

 the asterism Visa on the 11th day of the bright half of Esala 

 in the second year of Her Majesty Abhayasalamewan Kalyana- 

 wati. 



completed by his brother Sedetissa. It is now Known vy uie name w 

 Eankot (' gold-pinnacled ') Dagaba. 



17. Bead swdminta for swvdmAnta. 



18. Anun lid asddhdrana, — lit : 'not common with others,' 'unlike others,' i. e., 



'surpassing others.' 



19. Ydla — 1,280 kuruni ; 1 kuruniya being equal to 4 neli. 



20. Reading sdesmeii for solosmati, where seles may be derived from the 



Pali s'tlesg 'union,' and mdti (modern mfti) from mattilid 'clay,' hence 

 ' adhesive clay.' 



21. The e sound in bote is now replaced by a, 



22. Kalanda = 00 grains (Apothecaries' weight.) 



