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sake of the enjoyment of release in heaven decreed in his life- 

 time a certain grant (3) to the Brahmin caste of various gotras 

 (tribes), invested with sacred threads of various kinds and 

 called by various names, (His Majesty) caused the said grant 

 to be perpetuated, so long as the sun and moon endure, for the 

 benefit of the children, grandchildren, and other lineal 

 descendants of the Brahmins, including the chief family 

 priest Yengadatturawaran of Harita tribe, the family priest 

 Taramalanadaran of A'tre (ya) tribe, Sri Ramaran of A'tre(ya) 

 tribe, Timmayaranof Kasyapa tribe, Savaiyaran of Bharadvaja 

 tribe, Balachandra Pandita of Garge(ya) tribe, Subbrahmanya- 

 bhattaran of Kaundinya tribe, Tiskhandha chchakkrarttan 

 of Kasyapa tribe, Tiskhandhatenuwarapperumalun of Kasy- 

 apa tribe, Mailarapperumalun of Kasyapa tribe, A'nandabhat- 

 taran of Bharadvaja tribe, Avuhola Ojjhalupajai Porokkul- 

 perumalun of Kaundinya tribe, Ulakudayaperumalun of 

 Garge(ya) tribe, Senpakapperumalun of Garge(ya) tribe, Saras- 

 vatitenuwarapperumalun of Harita tribe, Ulakudayaperu- 

 malun of Gautama tribe, Tim ma Avadhanin of Harita tribe, 

 Bauddhagamachchakravarttin of Harita tribe, Yinayakabhat- 

 taran of Yamadagniwastra tribe, Yeda Amatyadhirayaran of 

 Kasyapa tribe, Ailakku Irankum Perumalun of Kasyapa tribe, 

 Yedattayiran of Kasyapa tribe, A'nandabhatta Yenkadattura- 

 varan of Harita tribe, Yinayakapperumalun of Harita tribe, 

 Yaruna jatra chandra Yaittangumperumalun of Yasta tribe, 

 Senna Ojjhalun of Harita tribe, Srlrangarajaran of Kaundi- 

 nya tribe, Manila Muturan of Kaundinya tribe, Taramalana- 

 daran of Kaundinya tribe, Atharvanaveda Brihaspatibhattaran 

 of Kausika tribe, Yedumalaiyitta Perumalun of K^sypa tribe, 



Tirumaraikkattu Mudaliyaran Narayanabhattaran 



of Bharadvaja tribe, Timmaiyaran of Kasyapa tribe, — the grant 

 of the village, money, trees, shrubs, forests, swamps, fields, 

 and owitas within the hereinafter mentioned four boundaries 

 of the village Koswinna(4 ) in Siyane korale : — to wit, on the 

 east, Galkaduwe road(5),the jak tree, Sin pen dola (a narrow 

 watercourse), Pi]imatalawuwe's pillar(6), and the bund of 

 the tank which belongs to the barber(7) ; on the south 



