No. 25—1882.] SINHALESE AND ARYAN VERNACULARS. 243 



Skr. SS5^*, karna, ''ear" ; Pr. Jcanno, Pali 25>^fe^, kanna, 

 Hindi &a;ia, Panjabi kanna, Gujarathi, Marathi, Bengali and 

 Oriya, Mna, Sindhi kanu, Sinhalese 2S*4f», kana. 



Skr. ^s>")3>, danta, "tooth" ; Pali <^2£ES>, dan£a ; H. cldnta ; 

 so in the rest, except P. danta, S. dandu ; Sinhalese data, 



Skr. 255(5 &am, "hand" ; Pali id. ; Sind. karu ; H. and 

 the rest kara ; old Sinhalese 25)d, &ara. 



Skr. $C£8o jfiWj, "tongue" ; H. jibha ; P. G. M. id.; S. 

 ^i&Aa ; Sinhalese §e), dwa. 



Skr. 6a7m, "arm" ; Pali id. ; H. 6anAa ; P. S. id. ; 



G. bdnhi ; M. id. ; B. and 0. bdha ; old Sinhalese &a, and 

 balm. 



Skr. bhrti, "eyebrow" ; Pali bhamu ; H. £>Aawra ; 



P. bhaunha ; S. bhirun ; 0. bhurii ; G. bhavun ; M. bahnvai 

 and bhoiwai ; Sin. 5ema. 



Skr. £)^S), charmma, "skin"; Pali 0©@ chamma; H. chdma, 

 char ma ; so in all ; Sin. £3®, sama, and thence hama. 



Skr. (^25>ca, tea, "hair" ; Pali <^8a£3 tea ; M. Jcesdlu ; 

 Sin. ©^5)d>, Ices, and 



Skr. cpJ3, dddhi, "beard" ; H. darhu ; Sin. £@, d?7i. 



Skr. akshi, "eye" ; Pali acchi ; H. d7cha, in 



poetry amsAi ; P. akkha ; G, a'Ma ; S. aMi ; Sin. $1*$, fs ; old 

 Sin. <$s£, ale. 



Skr. c5o^o ? janghd, "leg"; Pali do&o, janghan, H. jdngha ; 



G. M. id., P. jangha ; S. jangaha ; old Sin. <^55, dawp ; modern 

 Sin. ®35}€) kenda. 



Skr. garhha, "womb" ; Pali gabbha ; H. #ara- 



6Aa ; P. id., and gabbha ; M. G. g&bha ; S. #a&7m, and 

 garabhu ; Sin. <7?6a. 



Skr. eaeto, hasta, "hand" ; Pr. AattAa ; M. hdti ; B. 0. id.; 

 Sin. a£a. 



The following rules may be deduced from the above and 

 other peculiarities of the language. 



1. That pure Sinhalese retains all the Sanskrit vowels 

 except ri, Q£<o, Iri, ai, an : ri becomes either <f 9 a, 

 % h or C? u * or ®5* i r h sometimes & } ru\ as ta\ia 9 "grass," for 



