No. 44—1893.] kurun^gala vistaraya. 39 



To the south of the Ntrdviya is a stone-built well and an 

 urd-linda. 



To the west of the sleeping palace of the king above 

 mentioned, distant a hundred large bows, lies the bund of the 

 lake. Round the edge of the lake grow flower plants * * 

 [enumerated], and the lotus and lily grow in the lake, 

 beautifying its appearance. The lake abounds with fish. 

 Royal gardens lie around the lake * * [the plantations are 

 enumerated] with innumerable bee-hives on the trees. 



About a hundred bows' distance* from the sleeping 

 palace is the Daladd Mdligdwa.\ 



On the east of it, 9 fathoms distant, stands the Ndta Devdle. 



In a pit excavated in the rock, four cubits deep, lies buried 

 a treasure consisting of 21,000 masuran or pieces of gold^ 

 with a relic of Buddha of the size of a grain of undu. 



From this spot, on the opposite bank of the stream, stands 

 the Mdhd Devdle [probably dedicated to Vishnu], on the 

 west, at a distance of 60 fathoms, the Ndta Devdle, 60 

 fathoms away the Pattini Devdle, and 80 fathoms away 

 the Kattaragama Devdle. 



At Uda-wahala-watta (the upper court, or queen's apart- 

 ments) stands the crematory ; at Palle-wahdla% (the lower 

 court, or harem) the granaries. 



* According- to Pridham. nine viyat are equal to one dunna or bow — 

 about nine English feet — and 500 dunu are equal to a hetekma or mile. Cf. 

 M bowshot." 



+ According to the Mahdivansa King Parakrama Bahu II., son of 

 Vijaya Bahu III., who reigned in Hastisailapura from 1240 A.D. to 1275 

 A.D. (Tumour), caused his brother Bhuwaneka Bahu, the sub-king, to 

 build a large vihare in the noble city of Hatthigiri, and a beautiful 

 j>arivena, which was called Malta Mahinda Bahu (chap. LXXXVIL, 

 English translation, p. 290). The remains of the royal founder were 

 buried in the Maha Vihare. On a visit to Hatthigiri by Vijaya Bahu II., 

 during his father's lifetime, "he caused an excellent image-house of three 



stories to be built, and a great image of Buddha to be made there 



and the prince called it (the establishment) Bhuwaneka Bahu Parivena, 

 after the name of his uncle." (I. <?.) (LXXXVIIL, p. 305.) Parakrama 

 Bahu IV., who began his reign at Kurun^gala in 1295 A.D. (Tumour), 

 "caused a three-storied temple of the tooth-relic of great beauty to be re- 

 built within the courtyard of the king's palace." (1. c.) (XC, pp. 316-17.) 



% Which correspond with the modern Udawalpola and Pallewalpola. 



