No. 62. — 1909.] KANDYAN NAV AND ANNO. 



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Mention of Hittarage Rabbada Hittara Unnehe, 1714 Saka, 

 (1792 a.d.) Hittara Nayide's kasaw belt and tuppottiya still 

 exist. 



Migaspitiya. — Ola soMnasa, 1610 Saka, (1688 a.d.), granting 

 land at Gurulavela belonging to Nugapitiye Nayide to Migas- 

 pitiye Samana Mantri Achariya of Kanangama. This village 

 belonged originally to the Rankadu Pattale, but since the reigns 

 of Kirtti Sri Raja Sinha and Sri Vikrama Raja Sinha to the 

 Sinhasane. 



Nilagama. 



Hittara. — Tradition says that the village was settled by 

 Bodhi-pattalame Mulachariya who came with the Bo Tree 

 (MdtaU Mahd Disdwe Kadaim Pota). 



1. Olasannasa,]Q77 Saka, (1755 a.d.), to Nilagama Bhuva- 

 neka Bahu Hittara, for repairing the image of Buddha in the 

 Rangiri Dambulu Vihare, granting nine amunams of land. 



2. Pata-tahaduwa to the same. This smith was known as 

 Loku Patabenda. He executed the decorations of Dambulla 

 Vihare, a full description of which is given in the tudapata 

 (below) ; assisted in that of Gangarama ; painted the portraits 

 of King Kirtti Sri Raja Sinha and Velivita Sangharaja in the 

 Pallemale of the Dalada Maligawa ; and together with Devara- 

 gampola Silvattena and Koswatte Hittara Naide decorated 

 Degaldoruwa in Dumbara. Vulgarly styled Hittara Mohottala, 

 his full name, as given in the tudapata, was Balawatwala 

 Bodhinarayana Bhuvaneka Bahu Chitrachariya. 



3. Tudapata, 1723 Saka, (1801 a.d.), to his son Kuda Pata- 

 benda. This describes the foundation of the Dambulla Vihare 

 by King Walagam Abha, its restoration by King Nissanka 

 Malla, and the work executed in the various caves on the orders 

 of King Kirtti Sri Raja Sinha between 1669 and 1701 Saka, 

 (1747 and 1799 a.d.), by Balawatwala Bodhi-narayana Bhuva- 

 neka Bahu Chitrachariya, who received nine amunams of land 

 on a sannasa. 



It then records the work performed by his sons at the Mali- 

 gawa and elsewhere in the reign of Kings Rajadhiraja Sinha and 

 Sri Vikrama Raja Sinha, and concludes with a description of 

 the Asgiri Alut Vihare decorated by Balawatwala Chitrachariya 



