No. 5.— 1850.] 



THE ELU LANGUAGE. 



277 



Having made my heart the residence for him who knew the 

 end of all things, I compose the " Sidat Sangarava," in order that 

 the ignorant may be instructed. — Sidat Sangarava. 



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Even the great beings who came from the Brahama world 

 have, enticed by the allurements of love, lost all the prosperity 

 of kingdoms : how much more then (can we say of) other people 

 like unto little tender plants ? — Elu Chandasa. 



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(They said) Indra alone could (with his thousand eyes) 

 behold, and Ananteya (with his thousand mouths) alone could 

 expatiate upon even a portion of Pabawatu's deportment. If we 

 attempt to describe it, we should say the lotuses of her lovely 

 feet, by means of their charms, the nails, constantly laugh at the 

 lotus of her hair, whilst her lovely slender calves emulate the 

 proud (light) of the two lamps lit for the Cupid who entered 

 the habitation of her body. — Kawsilumina. 



There^is also a species of poetical composition (similar to 

 the English " ballads" of a former day) called ©6g viridu, 

 which is sung at festivals and other places of rejoicing, 

 without preparation or previous reflection, and upon a 

 subject selected, often suggested, at the spur of the moment. 

 Of this the following, from Munkotuwerdla, one of the atten- 

 dants of the late Kandyan Minister Pi lime Talawa, and the 



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