No. 25 — 1882.] two Sinhalese inscbiptions. 



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Kiyanalada heyin ebandu niwan suwa kemati satpurushaya 

 wisin niekiyana wihara warddhana kirimehi sabhilasa etiwa ema 

 kusalanubhawayen Maitri sarwajna rajottamayananwahanse 

 deka bana asa kelawara Budu Pase Budu maha rahatun wahanse 

 wisin pasakkalawu santawu ajarawu kshemawu amrata 52 maha 

 nirw&na 53 pura praptiyata utsaha katayutu. 



Teanslation. 



I, Parakrama Bahu, Supreme Lord of the illustrious Lanka, 

 the ornament of the solar race, make a request to you, princes 

 who will hereafter come (to the throne of Lanka) ; hear ye 

 my words. This religious act is certainly one in which the 

 inhabitants of all the worlds are equally concerned. 1 It is to be 

 maintained by you at all times with feelings of joy and kindness 

 towards me. 2 So, let (the fruit of) my religious act be enjoyed 

 (by you). With a vie^ to the maintenance of that magnificent 

 Vihara bearing the name of his mother, 3 which he caused to be 

 built in the world, King Parakrama Bahu, Supreme Lord of 

 the illustrious Lanka, now grants to the priesthood good 

 villages of various kinds, together with their inhabitants, 

 gardens, tanks and other receptacles of water, and proclaims 

 the (following) edict, (inscribed) on a rock, in order to its con- 

 tinuance for a long time. 



On the 15th day of the bright half of the month Medindina 

 (March-April) in the 39th year of (the reign of) the supreme 

 monarch and universal Lord Sri Sangha Bodhi Sri Parakrama 

 Bahu, born of the solar race, (and) lineally descended from Maha 

 Sammata, and who attained to the sovereignty of the illustrious 

 Lanka in the 1958th year of the illustrious Buddhist era, (the 

 said monarch) being arrayed in his 64 ornaments, inclusive of 

 the crown, the abode of Sri (the goddess of prosperity), seated 

 himself in the manner of the god-king, surrounded by 1- ings, 

 sub-kings, and a retinue of ministers, on the throne (erected) 

 in the beautiful hall opposite the Sumangala palace in the 

 eminent city of Jaya warddhana, and, whilst giving orders relative 



52 amrita, 53 uirwaua- 



