No. 57.— 1906.] 



PROCEEDINGS. 



95 



Buddhabiyo in order among the celebrated scholars who flourished in 

 Ceylon, and wrote works on Buddhism during the eighteenth and the 

 earlier part of the nineteenth century of the Buddhist era (p. 24 of 

 printed edition). Siddhattha Thera, the author of the Pali work Sara- 

 sangha, describes himself as " the last pupil of Buddhapiya Thera, the 

 chief of the Dakkinarama" (erected by Prakrama Bahu the Great). 

 Unless stronger evidence to the contrary is forthcoming, the facts stated 

 above do, I venture to think, justify the conclusion that Buddhapiya 

 Thera, the author of Bupasiddhi, was a Sinhalese scholar, who, 

 however, resided for some time in the Chola country. — I am, yours 

 faithfully, 



D. B. Jayatilaka. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, August 29, 1906. 



Present : 



The Hon. Mr. J. P. Lewis, Vice-President. 

 Arunachalam, 



The Hon. Mr. P 



M.A., CCS. 

 A. J. Chalmers, M.D., F.R.CS. 

 Dr. W. H. de Silva, M.B., CM., 



F.R.CS. 



Mr. Simon de Silva, Gate Mudali- 

 yar. 



Mr. C M. Fernando, M.A., 

 LL.M. 



Mr. A. M. Gunasekera, Mudaliyar. 

 Mr. R. H. Ferguson, B.A., Honorary Treasurer. 

 Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary. 



Business, 



1. Mr. C M. Fernando temporarily took the chair until the 

 arrival of the Hon. Mr. J. P. Lewis. 



2. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Council Meeting held on 

 February 5, 1906. 



3. Resolved, — That the following candidates be elected as Mem- 

 bers : — ■ 



(1) Mr. D. F.Noyes: recommended by ]■ 



G. A. Joseph 



(2) The Hon. Mr. A. Wood Renton, ) C M. Fernando 



Puisne Justice : recommended by \ G. A. Joseph 



(3) Mr. C F. Perera Wijayasiriwardana / A.M. Gunasekera 



Kaviratna : recommended by j" W. F. Gunawardhana 



(4) Mr. Mathavarayan Suppramaniyan : ] A. K. Coomaraswamy 



recommended by ) S. B. Kuruppu 



