302 JOUKNAL, K.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. II., PAKT II. 



passions ; — others from unrighteous acts ; — and others again from 

 causes (immediately) proceeding from kings, thieves, and 

 enemies.* 



7. When two short sounds are preceded by a long or al 

 sound, as in carmina, the foot is termed Chandragane, a 

 good one. 



Example, 



Dactyl. 



The far-famed monarch having descended from his stout ele- 

 phant, walked with alacrity, inspecting the park, amidst flower 

 trees echoing the buzz of the bees, and enjoying the cool air 

 impregnated with (the sweets of) jasmine ( Jasminum graudiflo- 

 rum ) and idda (oleander) flowers. 



8. The last and the most objectionable foot is the Gini- 

 gane, consisting of a short sound preceded and followed by 

 a long or al sound, as in Castitas. 



Cretic. Example. 



dido cpf 3D3©(3 <&d q^@^(3c^Sg(3c3e3 ©o 



d&fd 6,ssie)3D@>(3 ®t£ ©©spsDoqegooO^Sto 0)3 



S)©©23@d o e) cs © d ®t£ e) d g <5 (3 g e^cfeEj ©»t 



* Cj ©c,d dos, and ©(3 ma/a, according to the doctrines of the Sinha- 

 lese books on medicine, are the three constituent parts of the human 

 frame, and whence all distempers result. Da comprehends : 1 taste, 2 

 blood, 3 flesh, 4 fat, 5 bone, 6 marrow, and 7 semen ; dos comprehends 

 bile, phlegm, and wind ; and mala are the seven excretions of the seven «s,; 

 ■i.e., 1 phlegm, 2 choler, 3 ear-wax, serum, &c, 4 sweat, 5 nails and 

 hair, 6 excrement ; and 7 rheum, sediment. 



f Vide translation, supra. 



