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grahayakse sambddha hota, I would propose to render it : " Having 

 arrived at the Island of Lanka, like a festal lamp (for Lanka), 

 he allayed the fears (of the inhabitants) of Lanka, and having 

 screened (protected) the whole Island of Lanka, as one would do in the 

 case of a lying-in chamber." 



" Rdjddin cfe/tfa"maybe rendered: " Having seen the princes, 



&c, quit their lands and rush into the jungle, he kindly gave them, 

 assurance of safety, and seeing no rival even in Dambadiwa," &c. 



Page 56. — Reading Sri Dharmassreydn sarwalokaiha mdnyas, 

 sreyoddyi sarwaddraJcshaniyah Bhupdlendrdn yachate Jcirtihetor, bhuyo 

 bhuyo wira Nissanka Malla, I would suggest the following 

 version : — 



" (May there be) prosperity ! The Dharma (Buddhist system of 

 doctrine) is most excellent ; (it is) the only thing worthy of being 

 respected by the whole world : that confers final happiness : that 

 should be protected at all times : the heroic Nissanka Malla requests 

 that supreme rulers of the earth may do so for the sake of 

 renown." 



Page 56. — I think Ganda must be written Gauda (©©«)€)), which is 

 applied to Bengal proper. Choda is the Sanskrit, = Chola Pali = 

 Sinhalese Soliraia, identified with modern Tanjore. 



Page 57. — Sarbbdngasundarin may be rendered " endowed with 

 beauty all over the body," being compounded of sarwa " every," anga 

 "limb," and sundari "(a woman) who is handsome." Werawesun — 

 " garments," " coverings for the body," compounded of toera " body," 

 and wesun " coverings." 



Page 70. — Sri Siri Sangha Bo Wira Raja, Sc. I would propose to 

 render the above inscription as follows : — 



" The illustrious overlord Siri Sanga Bo Wfraraja Nissanka Malla 

 Kaliiiga Parakrama Bahu, with a view to ( sandahd ) the permanence of 

 the Buddhist religion for five thousand years (and)* influenced by 

 faith and (prompted) by wisdom, f the duties performed by 



the well-conducted great priesthood in conformity with Dhamma 

 (Doctrine) and Vinaya (Rules of Discipline)," 



* Reading purioangamawe, for imngvoangamawce, — which literally means 

 " going- before '' or " preceded by." 



f Here the finite verb has to be supplied from the latter part, which is 

 omitted. 



