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approached the boulder behind which they lay hid, and 

 thrust his tusks into the solid rock — the holes made thereby 

 are still shown ! — which was a sign to indicate that the lawful 

 sovereign of the country was discovered. The ministers 

 thereupon hastened to the spot, and having greeted the 

 whilom cultivator as the rightful heir to the throne, robed him 

 and his wife in the royal vestments they had brought with 

 them ; and, like " Cincinnatus awful from the plough," the 

 prince was installed in sovereignty. 



Kalu, the sister-in-law of the prince, then came upon the 

 scene, as the villagers poured in to witness the extraordinary 

 proceedings, and began to lament and bewail her position, 

 expressing her regret at having refused to become his wife. 



The Kalundapatuna, which is a metrical composition 

 setting out the above-stated particulars, thus records the 

 naive observation of the prince, as well as the sequel of the 

 incident : — 



Transcript. 

 " Kalu unde pin nokale manda " vadalata 

 Kalundava Pinnapole pewata eda sita 

 Palandana salu abarana Sirimal Etanata 

 Kalundava Sirivardhana Bisawa eda sita. 



Translation. 



Owing to the saying: "Why Kalu did you not acquire merit"? 

 Kalundava and Pinnapola were so called since that day. Having 

 adorned the Lady Sirimal with royal apparel, she was since that day 

 styled a Queen Siriwardhana of Kalundava. 



The prince and his consort, having been placed on the back 

 of the royal elephant, were carried in state to Kurunegala,. 

 where he was raised to the throne of his father, according 

 to the Kurunegala Vistaraya, under the title of Pandita 

 Parakrama Bahu. 



The field which the prince was ploughing has henceforth 

 been called Nanhambara keta. He gave much land to his 

 father-in-law, Patabendirala, on a royal grant ; and impaled 



