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day of the bright half of the month Wesak, Senalankadhi- 

 kara, having told us that it would be well if any help were 

 rendered with a view to hereafter maintain the great and 

 beautiful Yihare consisting of — 



The fourth story furnished with the twenty-eight principal 

 images and 1,000 images which were caused to be made on 

 the top of Panhalgala in Sinduruwana, conjointly with the 

 priesthood of the two orders (priests who reside in forests 

 and priests who live in villages) ; 



The third story caused to be furnished with the principal 

 images and five (other) images ; 



The second story caused to be made by all the Mudaliyars 

 and the people conjointly, containing descriptions of the 

 twenty-eight Boclhis (trees under which Buddhas attain 

 Buddhahood) and the assurances of twenty-four Buddhas 

 (that Gotama will become a Buddha), and 1,000 images (of 

 other objects) ; 



The lowest story caused to be made by Senalankadhikara, 

 and consisting (of the images) of these Buddhas and gods, 

 viz., the principal image, in which was deposited one of the 

 256 constituent parts of (Buddha's) body, seated on the 

 diamond throne with the back turned towards the great and 

 illustrious Bo tree ; 1,000 painted images, Maitri Bodhisatwa ; 

 Natha, chief of the world ; the divine likenesses of the gods 

 in the Suyama and Santusita worlds, of Sakra, Brahma, 

 Vishnu, Maheswara, &c, as also the images of the wives of 

 the said gods ; the god-king Kihireji Upulvan, the tutelary 

 deity of Lanka ; the god-kings Sumana, Yibhishana, Ganapati, 

 Skandakumara, &c, as also their wives ; 



The big image-house caused to be made under the name of 

 the illustrious Laykatilaka by Us and the Mudaliyars and the 

 people at the expense of 36,000,000 in value of gold masus, 

 of things including paddy, gold, silver, and clothes given to 

 many workmen, including head carpenters, who did the 

 work from the foundation up to the top of the spire, as also 

 the 'Solid metal image placed on the terrace of 28 cubits 

 which Senadhilankara caused to be built by his wife and 



