248 JOUENAL R. A. S, (CEYLON). [Yol. VII., Pt. III. 



Skr. prishta, "back ;" H. 5 B. pitta; 0. pithi ; P. pittha; G. 

 pitha ; Sin. pita. 



Skr. mritti, " earth ;" M. mati ; B M Gr., 0. mat! ; H. 

 mitti, matti, mati ; Sin. meti. 



Skr. pitri, " father ;" Pr. pia ; P. phi ; S. pin ; Sin. piya. 



Skr. inatri, "mother ;" Pr, maa ; P. maii ; S. man ; Sin. 

 mavu. 



Skr. bhratri, " brother ;" Pr. bhaa ; P. bhaii ; S, bhau, 

 Sin. (old) be. 



Skr. mrita, " dead Pr. niado, ma 6, mu 6 ; H. mud ; P. 

 mnia ; S. mno ; G. inuvuii ; M. mele ; 0. mala ; Sin. mala. 



Skr. bhakta, " devotedness ;" H., and the rest, bhagata ; 

 Sin. beti. 



Skr. rakta, " red ;" Pr. ratta ; H., and the rest, ragata, 

 rakata ; Sin, rat, ratn, reti, 



Skr. dharma, " religion ;" H., and the rest, dharama ; Sin. 

 dam, daham, daruma. 



Skr, stri, " woman ;" S. tiriya ; P. tiraya ; 0- tirl, vulgo 

 tila ; Sin. (old) itn, itiri, vulgo, istiri. 



Skr. eranda, " castor-oil plant ;" H. rendi ; Sin. endaru, 

 erandn. 



Skr. nidra, "sleep ;" H. ninda ; M. nida, nija ; P. ninda; 

 S. ninda ; Sin. ninda. 



Skr. chaya, " shadow;" Pr. chaa ; II., P. w/.,cha; S. chan- 

 va, chan; Sin. (old) seya, (modern) he, as in hemalaya, "shadow 

 of one's self ;" sevana, hevana, " shadow." 



Skr. sphatika, " chrystal;" H. phitakari ; M. phataki ; S. 

 phitald ; 0., P., G., B. phatakari ; Sin. palingn. 



Skr. swapanan, " sleeping Pr. sivinno, sivino ; Pa. sn- 

 pino, "dreaming ;" II. sona ; P. soana; S. sumhanu: G. suvan ; 

 B. soite ; 0. soiba ; Sin. hina, " dream." 



It is obvious that the Sinhalese comes from the Prakrit 

 sivino, by the elision of the semi-vowel v. The coalision of the 

 two similar vowels would make it, sina : s as has been already 

 remarked changes into A, and we get hina. 



Skr. Pa. vapanan, " sowing H. bona ; B. buana ; 0. 

 boiba ; Sin, vapura. 



