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vibhusani * loke sarvveshamapi bhubhujam | Na bhojya t 

 na kara | grahya danodattaj: wasundhara. Mekiyanalada 

 purvvokta wachanayada anagatayehi pemini raja raja maha- 

 matyadm wisin | hema velehima sihikota mekiyana agrahara 

 dana punya kriyawa kalak pawatina niyayen salaswa wadala 

 mehe | warin silalekhya liyawa dun bawata Sri Lankadhipati 

 Sri Parakramabahu weda un ten awadhiye dewiyan budun 

 santa | ka kotawa dila tanagannalesa palamu sanhasa dewa 

 wadala mi 



(Translation.) 



I, Parakrama Balm, supreme lord of the illustrious Lanka, 

 the ornament of the solar race, make my request to you, 

 princes, who will hereafter come (to the throne) : Hear ye my 

 words ! This meritorious deed is certainly common to all the 

 inhabitants of the world. This should always be maintained 

 by you with feelings of pleasure and kindness towards me. 

 May (the fruit of) this meritorious action be also enjoyed by 

 you. 



May there be prosperity. 



On the twelfth day of the bright half of the month Wesak (a) 

 (April-May), in the tenth year of his reign, the imperial 

 lord, the illustrious Siri Sangabo, Sri Parakrama Bahu, who is 

 lineally descended from the illustrious king Maha Sammata, 

 is born of the solar race, who is lord of the beautiful Lanka, 

 paramount sovereign of the three-fold Sinhala, and lord of the 

 nine treasures, — arrayed himself in the sixty-four ornaments, 

 inclusive of the crown(&), the abode of Sri (the goddess 

 of prosperity), took his seat like Indra on the throne in the 

 beautiful hall in front of the very auspicious palace in the 

 eminent city of Jayawardhana, attended by kings, sub-kings, 

 and the body of his ministers, and having, in the course of 

 his inquiries as to the administration of the affairs through- 

 out his kingdom, learned that his royal father had for the 



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