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JOUBNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. X. 



Kaliriga, Her Majesty the Queen Kalyana, His Highness the 

 Viceroy, His Highness the Crown Prince Wikrama Balm, 

 Her Highness the Queen Chandra, Her Highness Parvatti, 

 and Her Highness Sarwariga Sundarin, eight persons in 

 all, took the vows of the scales, and every year gave alms 

 in this manner. To the inhabitants of Lanka, who were 

 impoverished by the taxes collected by former (kings) 

 without restraint, he gave gold and silver and much wealth. 



(Notes.) 



This inscription is in very fair preservation. It was 

 found, like the preceding one, when the Heta Dage was 

 thoroughly excavated. The king Nissarika Malla adopts 

 yet another style at the commencement : but there is no 

 doubt about his identity. The first four lines are identical 

 with the inscription at Wandarupa vihare, seven miles from 

 Hambantota.* 



Raja siri ... patan. I translate this slightly differently 

 from Dr. Miiller who, however, had not the advantage 

 of the full text. 



Prasidha sthdna ddhvu. The illegible words here 



may be supplied from the inscription at Wandarupa vihara. 

 The text would then run : — Prasiddha sthdna lid jaladurgga, 

 panka durgga ivanadurgga Samanola ddiwu. 



At ambulu pakahse bald. The simile is apparently 

 based on the clearness and transparency of the ripe nelli 

 fruit. 



Goeniyek no kiana niydyen. This phrase occurs, 



slightly altered, in Nissarika Malla's inscription at Dambulla.t 

 Nor are such boasts confined to Eastern kings. The obviously 

 similar legend embodied in " rich and rare were the gems she 

 wore" will occur to every one ; and in the seventh century 

 A.D. we learn from Bceda's History that it was the boast of 

 Eadwine, king of Northumbria, that a woman with her babe 

 might walk scatheless from sea to sea in his day. 



Purgwa raje bald ivaddrd. This may possibly refer 



* Muller, op. eit., pp. 102, 135. f Id., p. 91 (13), 



