knoivn among the Singhalese. 81 



the breast, and bowing; joining the hands, raising them 

 thus to the forehead and bowing; falling on the knees, and 

 so doing ; and prostration on the face upon the ground. 



In this last, the great prostration, when made to Budha, 

 the whole body must in a manner touch the ground. This ex- 

 treme measure of subjection may have been effected by the 

 priesthood. But perhaps it was not difficult to accomplish 

 among a predisposed people; other circumstances besides their 

 books, all tending to an adoration of Budha, and his three 

 helps to Budhic merit : — his relics, his doctrines, and his priests. 



Rock Inscriptions. By A. O. Brodie, Esq. 



I have the pleasure to transmit copies of two Rock In- 

 scriptions from this District. 



The first of these is at Koodawewe of Palligame in Paria- 

 wille Pattoo. It is engraved on a rock about fourteen miles 

 south-east of Putlam, and a few hundred yards north of the 

 Kurnegalle road at Tohneegalle. 



Koodawewe is about a mile to the west of Parmakande 

 (whence I procured various inscriptions which, on a former 

 occasion, Ihad the honour to bring to the notice of the Society), 

 and five or six miles to the south of Ahtheekoolum, where there 



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