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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. 



Notes.. 



1. Eead swdtiiinwalianseta for sunriminwaJiansefa. 



2. Fov..da..yd read lada wisa. 



3. Bead Parahrama Balm for Paralilirama Balm. The King here meant is 



Parakrama Balm the Great of Polonnaruwa. 



4. Head Sivdmimvalianse for suwdminwdnse. 



5. AdMliapprasdda, — omit the first p. 



6. Eead sraddhd for sardlia. 



7. Samavit = samanvita, the more common form in modern prose. 



8. Omit the first in rdjappra&dda. 



9. Reading rccnsin or rasmin for rdsin. 



10. Amadu = the modern dmmandi ; the du in amadu is a suffix used to 



express endearment or familiarity and is another form of the modern 

 dd which occurs in such words as miniyandd 'mother,' piydnandd 

 ' father,' &c. 



11. Kotadanawu— supposed to be in Bintenna, 



12. Bewalndwan = Bewdlandyaluiyan, the Principal of a Hindu Temple. 



13. Ten — from tlidna 'place' (Pali) is now obsolete. The modern form is ten, 



but this, in the sense of ' post' or 'office,' is more commonly written 



thdndntara or tanatura, 

 11. Noek — now more commonly written noyeh. 

 1 5. Read pandita for pandit a. 



1G. Rinranmeli, more commonly called Muivanweli, — name of a celebrated 

 Dag-aba at Anuradhapura commenced by King Dutugemunu and 

 completed by his brother Sedetissa. It is now known by the name of 

 Rankot (' gold-pinnacled ') Dagaba. 



17. Eead swdminta for sun-dminta. 



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



' surpassing others. ' 



19. Tdla = 1,280 kuruni ; 1 kuruniya being equal to 4 neli. 



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



Pali silesp 'union,' and mdti (modern mefi) from rnattilid ' clay,' hence 

 ' adhesive clay.' 



21. The e sound in liote is now replaced by a. 



22. I{alanda = 00 grains (Apothecaries' weight.) 



