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(c) Parakkama (Parakrama) panguwa ; 



(d) Dawunda panguwa. 



The Arachchi of the village always bears the title of Muhan- 

 dirama. 



SABARAGAMUWA. 



Zakto|i%a.---Sinhanafayana Achariya received a sannasa, 

 now lost, 1562 Saka, (1640 a.d.). 



Mudduwa. — This village belongs to Maha Saman Devale 

 Kottal-badda. A Mistri of Bellana in Pasdun Korale made 

 Viswakarma veda for the king, and received a patabendi-nama 

 and lands at Mudduwa and Ebetota. The sannasa is now lost. 

 The pata-tahaduwa bears this inscription : — 



(The name of) Sri Danta Dhatu Makaradhwaja Mandalawalli 

 Viswakarma Rajakaruna Muhandiram, granted by the Supreme 

 Great Court in the year 1598 (1676 a.d.). 



Ndkandala. — To Saman Devale Kottal-badda. An artificer 

 made an image of a god of rat-handun for Kelaniye Parakrama 

 Balm and obtained this village on a sannasa. 



VI.— NETRA MAlNfGALLYAYA, OR FESTIVAL OF 

 SETTING THE EYES. 



The "Mahawansa" relates that Parakrama Bahu the Great 

 himself was wont to paint the eyes. To-day the ceremony is 

 performed by the artist who decorates the image. 



The ceremony commences at the first jama of the night with 

 the Sadanganvidhiya, and is presided over by a pupil with his 

 forehead, breast, and shoulders smeared with sandalwood 

 paste wearing the Brahman dress (Brdhmana enduma). This 

 consists of a munddsane or turban cloth, silver puna-nula or 

 thread, cloth as worn by Brahmans, utra sdtaka or ura 

 bandaya, a long cloth passed round the body and thrown over 

 the shoulder, and kaddukkan or earrings. 



